USDA Restricts PACA Violators National Food Products and T J Produce from Operating in the Produce Industry

<p>The USDA has imposed sanctions on Laredo, Texas-based National Food Products Inc. and Joliet, Illinois-based T J Produce Inc. for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>National Food Products has failed to pay a $9,854 award in favor of a Texas seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Josefina J. Garcia was listed as the sole officer, director, and major stockholder, according to a press release.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>T J Produce has failed to pay a $37,068 award also in favor of a Texas seller. Thomas J. Hanyzewski and Jerome M. Lamm were listed as the officers, directors, and/or major stockholders of the business, as of the issuance date of the reparation order.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>PACA provides an administrative forum to handle disputes involving produce transactions; this may result in a reparation order being issued that requires damages to be paid by those not meeting their contractual obligations in buying and selling fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. USDA has resolved approximately 4,600 claims filed under PACA involving more than $87 million in the past three years.</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">