Summary: Membership Update
The Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) welcomed 10 new members in August 2026. Additionally, some existing members have changed their membership status. Scroll below for more information.
Welcome New Members
AGROCAMPO (A d/b/a of Edmundo Murrieta Martin del Campo), BC, Canada
BEAU SOLEIL DR INC., QC, Canada
FERME J. OUIMET INC., QC, Canada
NATIONAL PACKERS (A d/b/a of 9462-0705 Quebec Inc.), QC, Canada
OBRA AFRICAN FOODS INC., ON, Canada
RICO’S PRODUCE, LLC, FL, United States
VERTICAL FOODS LLC, CA, United States
VHM GLOBAL TRADING LTD., SK, Canada
VICAFRUIT PRODUCE LLC., TX, United States
XIAMAN PRODUCE (A d/b/a of 1582004 B.C. LTD.), BC, Canada
DRC Membership Change in Status
As of August 31st, 2026, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
AVON GROUP LTD., ON, Canada
CANADIAN GINSENG FOOD INC., ON, Canada
CANNEBERGES BIELER INC. / BIELER CRANBERRIES INC., QC, Canada
COMMERCE O’MALLEY QUÉBEC (Faisant également affaire sous Coulibaly Firmin), QC, Canada
GO GREEN CANADA EXIM LTD., ON, Canada
GOLESTAN MARKET FOOD INC. (Also d/b/a Golestan), BC, Canada
ROCK ROAD FARM LLC, WA, United States
URVIL LOGISTICS INC., BC, Canada
VF TRADE FRESH INC., ON, Canada
About the DRC
The Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) is a not-for-profit membership-based entity whose core work is business-to-business commercial dispute resolution for the fresh produce industry. The DRC serves as 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, or export) unless exempt under the regulations. The DRC has members in 19 countries, and membership continues to grow annually. Anyone exporting fresh fruits and vegetables to Canada must sell to a member of the DRC.
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 fail to conduct business in accordance with the terms of their membership agreement.
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 and 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 our members and membership with the DRC, click here.
