WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited three companies in Honolulu, Hawaii for failure to pay produce sellers a total of $111,528.

According to a USDA press release, Super Save Market LLC, Super Aloha Ltd., and Cheung Chau Trading Inc. have all been cited for failure to pay for produce. The details of the release are as follows:

• Super Save Market LLC failed to pay $16,350 to two sellers for 19 lots of produce.
• Super Aloha Ltd. failed to pay $39,211 to two sellers for 21 lots of produce.
• Cheung Chau Trading Inc. failed to pay $55,967 to one seller for 65 lots of produce.

These are violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

As a result of these actions, the USDA stated that Super Save Market LLC, Super Aloha Ltd., and Cheung Chau Trading Inc., cannot operate in the produce industry until Oct. 21, 2017, at which time they may reapply for a PACA license.

In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 3,700 PACA claims involving more than $66 million. USDA experts also assisted more than 7,100 callers with issues valued at approximately $100 million. These are just two examples of how the USDA continues to support the fruit and vegetable industry.

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