New Members List | Membership Change in Status
Welcome new members!
We are pleased to welcome the following 23 new members in August 2024. Here’s a list of who they are:
50TH PARALLEL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BC, Canada
9499-6527 QUEBEC INC., QC, Canada
ARTUS BOTTLING LTD., BC, Canada
AVO SELECT S.A. DE C.V. (Also d/b/a Avocado Zapotlan / Agro Gonamex), Jalisco, Mexico
COLOREXA SAC, Lima, Peru
DEEP ROOTS WINERY LTD. (Also d/b/a Deep Roots), BC, Canada
DIRTY LAUNDRY VINEYARD LTD., BC, Canada
EARLCO WINES LTD. (Also d/b/a Three Sisters Winery), BC, Canada
ELYSIA VINEYARD LTD. (Also d/b/a Lightning Rock Winery), BC, Canada
FANCY PAK BRAND (A d/b/a of 11750569 Canada Inc.), ON, Canada
FRUIT FUSION INTERNATIONAL INC., QC, Canada
I-DEFENSE INC., QC, Canada
LA FRENZ ESTATE WINERY LTD., BC, Canada
LA PYRAMIDS ET LA SPHINX INC., ON, Canada
LANGE FRESH SALES, INC. (Also d/b/a Lange Fresh Sales), MO, United States
MARIONETTE WINERY LTD., BC, Canada
MAVERICK ESTATE WINERY INC., BC, Canada
MCINTOSH FARMS LTD. (Also d/b/a SpearHead Winery), BC, Canada
NAZCHEL IMPORTS (A d/b/a of Evan James), ON, Canada
O’ROURKE FAMILY VINEYARDS LTD., BC, Canada
RPE CANADA LIMITED, MB, Canada
WESBERT WINERY LTD., BC, Canada
WESTERN FRUIT PACKERS INC., BC, Canada
To view a complete list of active members, click here.
DRC Membership Change in Status
As of August 31, 2024, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
CANADIAN NORTH GROUP IMPORTS INCORPORATED, ON, Canada
EXPORTADORA CRUZ BAUTISTA SRL, La Vega, Dominican Republic
FRESH VER SAPI DE CV, Veracruz, Mexico
MITTAL IMPEX (A d/b/a of 10517232 Canada Inc.), ON, Canada
PROPUR INC., QC, Canada
ROCKS MILL FARMS, ON, Canada
SEQ MARKETING INC., QC, Canada
VPCUPE INC., ON, Canada
To view a complete list of inactive members, click here. This list includes members who resigned, were expelled, or were terminated in the last nine months.
For details regarding a change in status, don’t hesitate to connect with our Helpdesk.
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 13 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 its Operating Rules and Trading Standards, the DRC offers a comprehensive, tailored suite of tools to build members’ knowledge and capacity to avoid or resolve disputes. The DRC provides education, mediation, and arbitration services and can impose sanctions and disciplinary actions on members who do not conduct business in accordance with the terms of their membership agreement.
To date, the DRC has resolved claims worth more than $105 million. 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.
