Anshin Produce Co. Inc. in Violation of PACA

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight: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">12.11.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Anshin Produce Co. Inc. is in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The USDA has cited the Los Angeles, California, company for failure to pay $289,997.54 to eight sellers for 75 lots of produce.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The violation means that Anshin Produce Co. Inc. cannot operate in the produce industry until Nov. 14, 2014, as a result of its actions. Anshin Produce Co. may reapply for a PACA license after this time frame. The USDA press release, states, "The company’s principals Peggi M. Ortiz, Jay L. McWaters, and Lisa M. McWaters may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee until Nov. 14, 2013, and then only with the posting of a USDA-approved surety bond."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">USDA has resolved an estimated 5,000 claims filed under the PACA involving $96 million in the past three years.<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.printData.do?template=printPage&amp;navID=&amp;page=printPage&amp;dDocId=STELPRDC5101567&amp;dID=179187&amp;wf=false&amp;docTitle=USDA+Cites+Anshin+Produce+Co.+Inc.+in+California+for+PACA+Violations" target="_new">USDA</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">