Central Grocers, Inc., a Joliet, Illinois-based firm, has posted a $50,000 cash surety agreement with the USDA to employ Thomas Hanyzewski, a former PACA violator.
Hanyzewski was the President and a stockholder of T J Produce Inc., a Joliet, Illinois-based company, which failed to pay reparation awards issued against it under PACA, according to a press release.
USDA will hold the $50,000 bond for four years, providing assurance to the industry that the company will be able to pay for produce purchased and to conduct its business according to PACA rules.
In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 4,600 claims filed under PACA involving almost $87 million. Any PACA licensee looking to employ someone who has previously failed to pay a reparation award, or has been subject to a USDA disciplinary action, must post a USDA-approved surety bond.
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