New Members | Membership Change of Status
Welcome new members!
We are pleased to welcome the following 15 new members in October 2024. Here’s a list of who they are:
ANNAN ECOMMERCE INC., BC, Canada
CANMAR PRODUCE (A d/b/a of 2604455 Ontario Inc.), ON, Canada
CHARLES JOHNSON COMPANY, NM, United States
FOODSUP INC., ON, Canada
FRESHWAY FOODS (A d/b/a of Fresh Unlimited, Inc.), OH, United States
GOLDEN OASIS INC., ON, Canada
HARVEST CENTRAL INC. CA, United States
IPPOLITO INTERNATIONAL, LP, CA, United States
LAKESIDE CELLARS LTD., BC, Canada
LES ALIMENTS FAIGNON INTERNATIONAL, QC, Canada
MAZARIA SARL, Taroudant, Morocco
MINAMI INC., ON, Canada
NILE VALLEY EXPORTS LTD., BC, Canada
PRODUCTORA Y COMERCIALIZADORA AGRICOLA VALENCIA S.A. DE C.V., Michoacan, Mexico
WAZO PACKAGING, Commune Loudaya, Morocco
To view a complete list of active members, click here.
DRC Membership Change in Status
As of October 31st, 2024, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
AGRI IMPORT CANADA CORP. (Also d/b/a Agrimport) ON Canada
ENGEE AND JAYS LTD. (Also d/b/a Engee) ON Canada
ESPERIA GRAPE JUICE LTD. ON Canada
HOOVU CANADA INC. AB Canada
MOROS TRADING INC. QC Canada
PLANET FOODZ CANADA INC. ON Canada
TASTE OF EGYPT (A d/b/a of Hager Abdelhamid) ON Canada
WAWONA PACKING CO., LLC (Also d/b/a Prima® Wawona) CA United States
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.
For details regarding a change in status, don’t hesitate to contact 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 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.
