Hood River Juice Company in Oregon Satisfies Terms of Consent Decision and Order Involving Alleged PACA Violations
WASHINGTON, DC - A complaint filed in 2019 has recently been satisfied in the eyes of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency alleged in a complaint filed on November 20 that Oregon-based Hood River Juice Company failed to make a full, prompt payment. This was in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The total payments, meant for 12 sellers for multiple lots of produce, amounted to $3,607,420.
Direct from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service:
After the complaint was filed, USDA and HOOD RIVER entered into a Consent Decision and Order wherein HOOD RIVER 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 $20,000. As a result of HOOD RIVER 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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