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Dispute Resolution

16 Aug

The United States Department of Agriculture which oversee and enforces PACA provides a form where disputes outside of the court system can be address:

Informal Complaint – A company with a PACA dispute can file at an informal reparation complaint with any PACA Branch regional office.  The complaint must be in writing, accompanied with a check for $100 (filing fee).

Mediation – No attorney is required for this process.

Formal Complaint – If informal methods fail, a formal complaint can be filed resulting in a order issued by the USDA for payment.  The USDA requires that the documents accompanying the formal complaint be notarized, submitted in triplicates along with a $500 handling fee.

Those are your methods of resolving PACA disputes outside the court system.

 
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