Welcome new members!
We are pleased to welcome the following 16 new members during the month of March 2024:
ANAVARA LIMITED (Also d/b/a JusFres), BC, Canada
ARONA TRADING, SA., Lima Peru
DA PRODUCE GUYS (A d/b/a of 1710709 Ontario Inc.), ON, Canada
FALCONS GLOBAL CORPORATION, ON, Canada
FRUIT WORLD COMPANY, INC., CA, United States
GOSAL TRUCKING LTD., BC, Canada
GRUPO COMERCIAL CAMPO VERDE SAC (También haciendo negocios como Grupo Campo Verde), Lima, Peru
GUJARATI KITCHEN INC., ON, Canada
HGC (A d/b/a of 1445913 Ontario Inc.), ON, Canada
LIGHT SPEED LOGISTICS INC., AB, Canada
MALLADI HOLDINGS CORP., SK, Canada
MANGO FRESH MARKET LTD. (Also d/b/a Freshest Fruits and Vegetables / Save Way Retail), PE, Canada
OSU TROPICAL MARKET INC., ON, Canada
RIG LOGISTICS INC., AB, Canada
SHERRINGTON TRANSPORT INC., QC, Canada
SHREE SUPERMARKET INC., BC, Canada
To view a complete list of active members, click here.
DRC Membership: Change in Status
As of March 31, 2024 the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
10621692 CANADA INC., QC, Canada
AGROTRADE CORPORATION CANADA (Also d/b/a Agrotrade), AB, Canada
BEST FRESH PRODUCE INC., BC, Canada
HELLER BROS. PACKING CORP., FL, United States
HOUSE OF AVOCADO INC., ON, Canada
INTERNATURAL MARKETING INC., FL, United States
KAHKASHAN TRANSPORATION INC./ TRANSPORT KAHKASHAN INC., QC, Canada
LENDERS MULTIMEDIA INC., ON, Canada
ONEONTA TRADING CORPORATION, WA, United States
PALMAS WHOLESALE CORP., ON, Canada
ST. DAVID’S HYDROPONICS LTD., ON, Canada
Automatic Terminations:
On March 29, 2024, ALIMENTS KURAS / KURAS FOODS (A d/b/a of 122011 Canada Ltée) was expelled from the 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, Sabrina Levesque (President) was the only responsibly connected person to this organization.
Important note:
Following membership termination, the former member remains liable for claims arising prior to their termination if the claim is submitted to DRC by way of a Notice of Dispute within nine (9) months from when the claim arose or within nine (9) months from when the claimant ought reasonably to have known of its existence.
For details regarding a change in status, don’t hesitate to get in touch with 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 on 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.
