Washington, D.C.
By ANUK Staff
5.9.13
The U.S.D.A has cited Liborio Market Inc for failure to pay for produce.
The Pasadena, California-based company failed to make full payment of $123,345 to nine sellers purchased between July 2010 and June 2012. Liborio Market Inc will now have an opportunity to request a hearing. If the company is found to have committed repeated and flagrant violations, it will be barred from the produce industry for two years.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), PACA Division, regulates the fair trading practices of produce companies operating under PACA. In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 5,000 claims filed under PACA involving almost $96 million.
