USDA Files Action Against T and R Produce Wholesale and Trucking

<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action against T &amp; R Produce Wholesale &amp; Trucking Inc. for alleged failure to pay four produce sellers $264,109 from June 2010 through December 2011.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The Florida-based company will have an opportunity to request a hearing. Should USDA find that the company committed repeated and flagrant violations, it would be barred from the produce industry for two years and its principals could not 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>The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), PACA Division, regulates fair trading practices of produce companies operating subject to 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">AMS</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">