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USDA restricts four PACA violators
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing...
USDA files PACA action against Maryland onion firm
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Smile Onion 7...
USDA cites New York company for PACA violations
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on United Vegetable Produce Inc., Brooklyn,...
USDA files PACA action against Lakeside Produce
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Lakeside Produce Inc....
USDA files PACA action against Florida firm
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Cantero Produce Corp. (Cantero)...
USDA cites California citrus company for PACA Violations
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on California Fresh Citrus Company, Porterville,...
USDA restricts PACA violators in three states July 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing...
USDA lifts PACA sanctions on Texas produce business
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that New Start Produce Group LLC BB #:361486...
USDA terminates cranberry marketing order
July 12, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is terminating Marketing Order No. 929, which regulates the handling...
Specialty Crops Market News transitions to new system
July 03, 2024—Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Specialty Crops Market News provided an update...
USDA expands insurance options for specialty and organic growers
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding crop insurance options for specialty and organic growers...
USDA to resume avocado inspections in Mexico
U.S. ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar released a statement June 21 that avocado and mango inspections in Mexico would resume...
Mexican president seeks diplomatic solution to avocado inspection halt
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said June 19 that he asked his foreign ministry to speak with U.S. officials...
USDA cites frozen food firm for $2.5MM in PACA violations
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Frozen Food Development Inc., Lancaster, Pa., for...
USDA lifts PACA sanctions on Georgia company
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that South Side Fresh Produce LLC satisfied a...
USDA halts Michoacán avocado, mango inspections due to ‘security concerns’
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reportedly suspended avocado and mango inspections “until further notice,” due to “security concerns.” While the...
APHIS protects domestic fruit production and deregulates Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus
Stakeholder Announcement – WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 – USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating and issuing...
Ag secretary Vilsack notes partisan divide on farm bill
WASHINGTON, DC – Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said farm bill negotiations and stances between the two parties show that a...
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