Welcome new members!
We are pleased to welcome the following 15 new members during the month of February:
1 MILL ROAD WINERY LTD., BC, Canada
9311-3652 QUEBEC INC., QC, Canada
AGRILEZA CANADA INC., AB, Canada
ALIMENTS JANNA (Faisant également affaire sous 9481-022, QC, Canada
COMERCIALIZADORA TROPIEXPRESS S.A. DE C.V., Puebla, Mexico
GLYCAN FOOD LIMITED, BC, Canada
HAO FU FARM LTD., ON, Canada
MAQUIAGRO S.A. (Also d/b/a Unispice), Guatemala, Guatemala
MEDRANO PRODUCE LLC., TX, United States
MOHAMED AHMED MEGAHED MOUSA INSTITUTION, Egypt, Egypt
NOSTALGIA INC., AB, Canada
PRIMEORGANIC INC., ON, Canada
TN FRESH LTD. (Also d/b/a TN Fresh), ON, Canada
UNITED EXPORTS SALES AND MARKETING LLC., FL, United States
VISION GLOBAL GROUP LLC, NJ, United States
To view a complete list of active members, click here.
DRC Membership: change in status
As of February 29th, 2024, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
A&B TROPICAL PRODUCE, LLC FL United States
BAKER PRODUCE, INC. WA United States
Bles Seed Potatoes Ltd. AB Canada
BUON VINO MANUFACTURING INC. ON Canada
FOKA INTERNATIONAL INC. ON Canada
JA CANADA (A d/b/a of Jaime A. Aparicio) ON Canada
JEAR LOGISTICS, LLC SC United States
KOR PRODUCE (A d/b/a of Kor Services, LLC) PA United States
LES FERMES LUFA INC. / LUFA FARMS INC. QC Canada
LYMAN HUESTIS & SON INC. PE Canada
NAT FEINN & SON CA United States
NEW ERA LOGISTICS INC. OH United States
OPEN & CLOSE FOOD SERVICES (A d/b/a of John Haga AB Canada
PABLO’S PRODUCE, INC. CA United States
PANERA BREAD (BC) ULC (Also d/b/a Panera Bread) ON Canada
PISMO OCEANO VEGETABLE EXCHANGE CA United States
PRIME TROPICALS OF AMERICA LLC. TX United States
READY PAC PRODUCE, INC. CA United States
SANG YUAN ONLINE MARKET INC. BC Canada
SKYE VIEW FARMS LTD. PE Canada
TRYCE WHOLESALE CASH & CARRY LTD. AB Canada
WOLFE’S GREEN DIRT FARM (A d/b/a of Immian Ray Wolfe) BC Canada
XATLANTIC ENTERPRISES INC. ON Canada
Automatic Terminations:
On February 19, 2024, VALLEY FIELD FOODS (A d/b/a of 9386-4171 Quebec Inc.) was expelled from DRC for failure to meet their financial obligations and failure to provide requested information in violation of section 1.5 of the DRC Trading Standards and section 3.03 of the DRC By-laws. At the time of expulsion David Bouhadana (President) was the only responsibly connected persons to this organization.
Important note:
When a membership is cancelled, the former member remains liable for any claims arising prior to the closure of their membership if the claim(s) is submitted to the DRC by way of a Notice of Dispute within nine months from when the claim arose or within nine months from when the claimant ought reasonably to have known of its existence.
For details regarding a change in status, please contact the office.
To view a complete list of inactive members, click here.
About the DRC
The DRC is a non-profit membership-based organization whose core work is business-to-business commercial dispute resolution for produce. The DRC is a referee between parties when a purchase and sale do not go according to plan. Members adhere to a common set of trading standards and member responsibilities that promote fair and ethical trading for produce entering the North American marketplace. In Canada, membership in the DRC is a regulatory requirement to trade fresh fruits and vegetables (i.e., buy, sell, import, export) unless accepted by the regulations. Today, the DRC has members in 16 countries outside of North America, and membership continues to grow annually. Anyone exporting fresh fruits and vegetables to Canada must sell to a DRC member.
In addition to the DRC’s Operating Rules and Trading Standards, the DRC offers a comprehensive, tailored suite of tools to build the knowledge and capacity of members to avoid or resolve disputes. The DRC provides education, mediation and arbitration services along with the ability to impose sanctions and disciplinary actions towards members who do not conduct business in accordance with the terms of their membership agreement.
To date, the DRC has resolved claims in excess of $105 million dollars. Although arbitration is available, 80% of these claims have been settled in an average of 26 days through our informal consultation/mediation services. Arbitration awards are court-enforceable in countries that are signatories to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards or subsequent conventions.
For more information about memberships, click here or contact our Helpdesk.
