WASHINGTON, DC – The USDA has cited Liborio Markets #11 Inc. for failure to pay for produce.
The company failed to pay $189,522 to 11 sellers for 213 lots of produce. As a result of this PACA violation, the company cannot operate in the produce industry until May 2016. At that time, it can reapply for a PACA license, according to a press release.
Enrique J. Alejo, John Alejo, Enrique M. Alejo and Randy B. Alejo-Medina, the company’s principals, may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee until May 2015, and then only with the posting of a USDA-approved surety bond.
In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 4,600 claims filed under PACA involving more than $87 million. Individuals, including sole proprietors, partners, members, managers, officers, directors, or major stockholders may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without the approval of the USDA. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), PACA Division, regulates fair trading practices of produce businesses operating subject to PACA.
