Welcome New Members
In September and October, DRC welcomed the following new members:
- Dom Amodeo Produce LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Sandher Fruit Packers LTD. (Also d/b/a Sandher Fruit Packers) (British Columbia, Canada)
- First Choice Foods INC. (British Columba, Canada)
- Visafruits S.A. (Spain)
- Koteles Farms Limited (Ontario, Canada)
- Ravine Jaunce Trading LTD. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Blue Orbits (A d/b/a of Blue Orbits Inc.) (Ontario, Canada)
- Pacific Breeze Winery LTD. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Mark Craig INC. (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
- Gordon Food Services Canada LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Andrade Sun Farms (Sau Paulo, Brazil)
- Tomato Town Produce Company LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Richardson Eugene (Quebec, Canada)
- I.B. (2013) Nuts and Dried Fruits Trading INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Tut Distribution INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Bandor8 INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- Fulger Transport INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- Plantaciones Del Sol SAC (Lambayeque, Peru)
- Shine Pig Technology LTD. (British Columbia, Canada)
- 2714462 Ontario LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Importation GLNA INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Orange-Aide LTEE (Quebec, Canada)
- Sun Island Products INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- IMSA for Global Logistics INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- Aliments Amelya Impex INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Les Jardines des Fees S.E.N.C. (Quebec, Canada)
- Vivid Produce INC. (Alberta, Canada)
- Distribution MFG INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Vegisol INC. (Quebec, Canada)
- Safia Fruits (Quebec, Canada)
- 11583883 Canada LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Ramirez Imports LTD. (British Columbia, Canada)
- HE Empire INC. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Cyrine Mondial S.E.N.C. (Quebec, Canada)
- AM Fresh North America INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- Kwong Fung Food Processing Factory LTD. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Healthy Choice Wholesale Foods INC. (British Columbia, Canada)
- National Produce Trading Company LLC. (Pennsylvania, USA)
- Big H Foods INC. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Avo Azteca SA DE CV (Michoacan, Mexico)
Automatic Terminations
On September 23, 2019, Les Aliments ALS Inc. / ALS Foods Inc. was expelled from 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, Annie Bertrand was the only responsibly connected party to this organization.
DRC Membership: change in status
As of October 31, the following organizations no longer hold a DRC membership:
- Cavendish Produce (A Division of Cavendish Farm Corporation) (Prince Edward Island)
- Highwide International (Ontario, Canada)
- KK Bee Ltd. (Ontario, Canada)
- Fruits Ideal (Quebec, Canada)
- Sun World (California, USA)
- Sysco Quebec (Quebec, Canada)
- Philip Warkentin (Ontario, Canada)
- Fresh Pack Farms (Ontario, Canada)
- Cornies Farms Limited (Ontario, Canada)
- Knotek Bros INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- New Land Life INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- 3J Produce LTD. (Ontario, Canada)
- Lake Erie Farms INC. (Ontario, Canada)
- Groupe Ethier INC. (Quebec, Canada)
For details regarding a change in status, please contact the office.
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.
About DRC
DRC is a non-profit membership-based organization whose core work is business-to-business commercial dispute resolution for produce. 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 excepted from the regulations. Today, DRC has members in 14 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, DRC offers a comprehensive, tailored suite of tools to build the knowledge and capacity of members to avoid or resolve disputes, including education, mediation and arbitration. DRC has ability to impose sanctions and disciplinary actions towards members who do not conduct business in accordance with the terms of their membership agreement.
To date, DRC has resolved claims in excess of $83 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.
To learn more, reach out to our Help Desk at [email protected] or (+1) 613-234-0982 or visit us at www.fvdrc.com.
