PACA Sanctions Lifted on Mid-State Produce

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Washington D.C.-</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">2.18.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The USDA has lifted PACA reparation sanctions on the Stockton, California-based produce company Mid-State Produce. The company has met its obligations in paying reparations issued against it under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), according to a press release.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/mid_state_produce_paca_lift_BANNER.jpg" alt="Cropped Images Monday Feb 18th" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Mid-State Produce is now eligible to conduct business in the produce industry, and has listed Selina Hernandez and Ruben Hernandez Jr. as officers, directors, and major stockholders of the business. These officers may now be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>A reparation order may be issued on a business, revoking a company’s business license, if the company fails to meet legal obligations for buying and selling produce in the US. If employment restriction is issued onto a company under PACA, the company must first pay PACA reparations before the USDA declares the company eligible for business and reinstates its business license.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the USDA, regulates fair trade in the produce industry and oversees all activity relating to the PACA.</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/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateA&amp;navID=Home&amp;topNav=Home&amp;page=Home&amp;acct=AMSPW" target="_new">Agricultural Marketing Service </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">