<p>The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that it has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against New York-based Maxsun Produce Corporation.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The company allegedly failed to pay 23 produce sellers $1,018,384 from January 2012 through October 2012.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Maxsun will have the option of requesting a hearing. If USDA finds that the company committed repeated and flagrant violations, it will be barred from the produce industry for two full years. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Additionally, if Maxsun is found to have been in violation, its principals cannot be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee for one year and then only with the posting of a USDA-approved surety bond.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 4,600 claims filed under PACA involving more than $87 million. This is just one more way USDA continues to support the fruit and vegetable industry.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0" target="_new"> Agricultural Marketing Service </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
