Washington, D.C., April 20, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on seven produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without USDA approval.
The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:
- FarmFresco Produce LLC, operating out of Lockhart, Texas, for failing to pay a $23,720 award in favor of a Texas seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Maria Luna was listed as the member/manager of the business.
- Good Brew LLC, doing business as SoCo Ginger Beer, operating out of Austin, Texas, for failing to pay a $9,612 award in favor of a California seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Benjamin Weaver was listed as the member/manager of the business.
- Sun Wing Katy Supermarket, Inc., operating out of Katy, Texas, for failing to pay a $87,725 award in favor of a New York seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Yue Sheng Liang and Rong Fu Haung were listed as the officers, directors and major stockholders of the business.
- Sun Wing Bellaire Market LLC, operating out of Houston, Texas, for failing to pay a $96,283 award in favor of a New York seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Yue Sheng Liang and Rong Fu Haung were listed as the members/managers of the business.
- Everfresh Farms LLC, doing business as Everfresh Farms Produce, operating out of Fallston, Md., for failing to pay a $27,585 award in favor of a Pennsylvania seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Angelo Toutsis and Emmanuel Toutsis were listed as the members/managers of the business.
- JDB Produce LLC, operating out of Forest Park, Ga., for failing to pay a $32,993 award in favor of a Florida seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Jose Dorantes Bustamante was listed as the member/manager of the business.
- L Produce LLC, operating out of Detroit, Mich., for failing to pay a $44,544 award in favor of a Michigan seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Sam Maniaci was listed as manager/member of the business.
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.
By issuing these penalties, USDA continues to enforce the prompt and full payment for produce while protecting the rights of sellers and buyers in the marketplace.
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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