List of New Members | Membership Change in Status | Expulsion Notice
Welcome new members!
We are pleased to welcome the following 15 new members in November 2024.
DAN AVILA & SONS PACKING INC., CA, United States
JOUMA PACK, Souss-Massa, Morocco
GERALD’S AVOCADOS S.A. DE C.V. (También haciendo negocios como Gerald’s Avocados), Michoacan, Mexico
1867 PRODUCE INC., ON, Canada
RANA WHOLESALE LTD., AB, Canada
MACROLAND, Souss-Massa, Morocco
AREL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE INC., ON, Canada
FLAVOR & PRODUCE IMPORT CORP., ON, Canada
ATLAS FOOD AND BEVERAGE INC., ON, Canada
CUISINORD (A d/b/a of 9075-3294 Quebec Inc.), QC, Canada
KIM’S CHOICE FOOD INC., BC, Canada
16477411 CANADA INC., ON, Canada
AMBAKITI QUALITY PRODUCE INC., ON, Canada
SUN BRIDGE IMPORT EXPORT INC. ON, Canada
TERRA FRESKA PRODUCE INC., ON, Canada
To view a complete list of active members, click here.
DRC Membership Change in Status
As of November 29th, 2024, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
AGROEXPORTADORA SOL DE OLMOS S.A.C., Lima, Peru
BBN TRANSPORT LTD., AB, Canada
FAIRFIELD FARMS (A d/b/a of 702195 Ontario Inc.), ON, Canada
FRESHQUITA BRANDS LLC., TX, United States
WORLD PRODUCE CO (A d/b/a of 9093923 Canada Ltd.), ON, Canada
BTRUST SUPERMARKET (A d/b/a of 2202693 Ontario Inc.), ON, Canada
FRESH MIX LIMITED, ON, Canada
ERA FRUITS ET LÉGUMES INC., QC, Canada
Expulsion Notice: On November 15th, 2024, GC IMPORTERS LTD was expelled from the DRC membership for not paying debts as they became due, issuing a non-sufficient funds cheque, and failing to provide information as requested.
Click here to view a complete list of inactive members. This list includes members who resigned, were expelled, or were terminated in the last nine months.
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 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.
The DRC has resolved claims worth more than $105 million to date. 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.
