Birdsboro has been ordered to cease and desist from failing to pay each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry by purchase in a cash sale, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of poultry, and each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry under a poultry growing arrangement shall, before the close of the 15th day following the week in which the poultry is slaughtered, deliver, to the cash seller or poultry from whom such live poultry dealer obtains the poultry, the full amount due to such cash seller or poultry grower on account of such poultry.
This is the old MVP (Mehadrin brand) chicken plant near Exeter, Pennsylvania.
The USDA press release:
Birdsboro Kosher Farm Corporation Assessed $34,000 Civil Penalty
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2015 – On April 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration [GIPSA] entered into a Consent Decision with Birdsboro Kosher Farm Corporation (Birdsboro), Birdsboro, Pa.
Birdsboro has been ordered to cease and desist from failing to pay each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry by purchase in a cash sale, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of poultry, and each live poultry dealer obtaining live poultry under a poultry growing arrangement shall, before the close of the 15th day following the week in which the poultry is slaughtered, deliver, to the cash seller or poultry from whom such live poultry dealer obtains the poultry, the full amount due to such cash seller or poultry grower on account of such poultry.
They have also been assessed an $34,000 civil penalty of which $20,000 will be held in abeyance for a period of one year for so long as Birdsboro does not violate the provisions of this order.
The Packers and Stockyards Act is a fair trade practice and payment protection law that promotes fair and competitive marketing environments for the livestock, meat, and poultry industries.
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