WASHINGTON, DC - On September 29, 2021, a complaint was filed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) against American Fruit & Produce Corp. The complaint alleged that the Miami, Florida-based company had failed to make prompt, full payment to 21 sellers in the amount of $667,214, violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

Since then, the USDA and American Fruit entered a Consent Decision and Order, which the company has now satisfied.

Direct from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service:

After the complaint was filed, USDA and American Fruit entered into a Consent Decision and Order in which American Fruit agreed to pay the unpaid produce sellers in full and to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $30,000. As a result of American Fruit satisfying the terms of the consent decision and order, the finding that it had committed repeated and flagrant PACA violations was permanently abated without further process and the case has been closed.

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USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service