USDA Cites Oasis Corporation for PACA Violations

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-eight:bold;">Washington, DC-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">01.22.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Oasis Corporation, doing business as One of a Kind Produce, has been cited by the USDA in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company out of Las Vegas, Nevada, failed to pay $776,654.87 to seven sellers for 255 lots of produce.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Due to the actions of this company, Oasis Corporation doing business as One of a Kind Produce, cannot operate in the produce industry until Dec. 10, 2014, at which time it may reapply for a PACA license, according to a press release by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Michelle R. Iovino, the company’s sole principal, may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee until Dec. 10, 2013, the release states, and then only with the posting of a USDA-approved surety bond.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateU&amp;navID=&amp;page=Newsroom&amp;resultType=Details&amp;dDocName=STELPRDC5102191&amp;dID=181036&amp;wf=false&amp;description=USDA+Cites+Oasis+Corporation+d%2Fb%2Fa+One+of+a+Kind+Produce+in+Nevada+for+PACA++Violations&amp;topNav=Newsroom&amp;leftNav=&amp;rightNav1=&amp;rightNav2=" target="_new"> PACA Violation </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">