WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2025– On Sept. 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) listed Samra Produce & Farms, Inc and its sole principal, Harbhajan Singh, as being restricted from operating in the produce industry in Press Release No. 092-25. This is a correction of that press release.
Samra Produce & Farms, Inc and Singh are not restricted from employment or affiliation with any PACA licensee as previously stated.
PACA provides an administrative forum to handle disputes involving produce transactions; this may result in USDA’s issuance of a reparation order that requires damages to be paid by those not meeting their contractual obligations in buying and selling fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. USDA is required to suspend the license or impose sanctions on an unlicensed business that fails to pay PACA reparations awarded against it as well as impose restrictions against those principals determined to be responsibly connected to the business when the order is issued.
Those individuals, including sole proprietors, partners, members, managers, officers, directors or major stockholders, may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval. Once a reparation order is fully satisfied and it is confirmed that there are no outstanding unpaid awards, USDA lifts the employment restrictions of the previously named responsibly connected individuals.
For more information, contact Penny Robinson-Landrigan, Chief, Dispute Resolution Branch, at (202) 720-2890, or PACAdispute@usda.gov.
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The PACA Division, which is in the Fair Trade Practices Program in the Agricultural Marketing Service, regulates fair trading practices of produce businesses that are operating subject to PACA, including buyers, sellers, commission merchants, dealers and brokers within the fruit and vegetable industry.
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