<p> The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Florida-based company T & R Produce Wholesale and Trucking Inc. for failure to pay for produce under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The company failed to pay $264,109.94 to four sellers for 29 lots of produce, according to a Agricultural Marketing Service news release. Consequently, T & R Produce Wholesale and Trucking Inc. have entered into a consent decision and cannot operate in the produce industry until August 21, 2015. At that time, the company may then apply for a PACA license.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> In addition, Jeom T. Rim, the company’s sole principal, may not be affiliated or be employed by any PACA licensee until August 21, 2014, and then only with the posting of a USDA-approved surety bond. </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=TemplateU&navID=&page=Newsroom&resultType=Details&dDocName=STELPRDC5105018&dID=190650&wf=false&description=USDA+Cites+T+and+R+Produce+Wholesale+and+Trucking+Inc.+in+Florida+for+PACA+Violations&topNav=Newsroom&leftNav=&rightNav1=&rightNav2=" target="_new"> Agricultural Marketing Service </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
