Industry license fees that enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act will nearly double under a proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The proposal, published March 11 in the Federal Register, would amend PACA to increase annual license fees from $550 to $995. Fees for a company’s branch locations would rise from $200 in excess of nine locations, to $600 for each branch location, the USDA said.