Hawaii firm satisfies PACA decision terms

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 – In a complaint filed on May 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that So Ono Food Products LLC (So Ono) BB #:199720, Honolulu, Hawaii, failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $1,344,994 to seven sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

After the complaint was filed, USDA and So Ono entered into a Consent Decision and Order wherein So Ono agreed to pay the unpaid produce sellers listed in the Appendix A to the Complaint and to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $22,500.

As a result of So Ono 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.

For more information, contact Corey Elliott, Chief, Investigative Enforcement Branch, at (202) 720-6873 or PACAInvestigations@usda.gov.

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Release No. 112-23