The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited Las Vegas-based Paradise Produce LLC for failure to pay $694,922 to 32 sellers for produce which was purchased, received and accepted in interstate and foreign commerce from February 2017 through November 2017.  This is in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. 

As a result of these actions, Paradise Produce LLC, is prohibited from operating in the produce industry until March 4, 2021, and then only after it applies for and is issued a new PACA license by USDA.

The company’s principals, Eugene Hickey, Michael Rosenblum and William Rosenblum, may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee until March 4, 2020, and then only with the posting of a USDA approved surety bond.

In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 3,350 PACA claims involving more than $63 million. PACA staff also assisted more than 8,000 callers with issues valued at approximately $156 million.