| Description of licenses |
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| Program overview |
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), Commodity Inspection Division is responsible for regulating wholesale produce dealers, cash buyers, and retail produce peddler operations which purchase produce from Oregon producers. The ODA issues annual licenses, and requires a surety bond of wholesale produce dealers for the protection of producers in cases where the dealer fails to pay growers for the purchase of products. The ODA also enforces proper labeling as to the content, weight, address of shipper or dealer, and any pertinent established grade.
Links to Oregon produce laws:
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| Wholesale produce dealer |
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To receive a license, the applicant is required to deal, handle or trade in produce and will not operate exclusively as a grower, retailer, or warehouseman. A $15,000 surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $15,000 is required before a license can be issued.
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| Retail produce peddler |
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To be considered a retail produce peddler, the licensee must offer or sell directly to the consumer from a vehicle. The produce peddler must sell produce which the individual has not grown. Each vehicle used in the retail produce peddling business must be licensed.
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| Cash buyer of produce |
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To be considered a cash buyer, the licensee is required to deal, handle and trade produce. The licensee will also pay the full agreed price in cash, certified check or money order.
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| Retail seed dealer |
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A retail seed dealer is any person who sells fruit or vegetable seed directly to the consumer or grower for planting.
For questions, call Commodity Inspection Division at (503) 986-4620.
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| Late penalty fees |
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The Department of Agriculture charges a penalty fee on delinquent licenses. If you do not pay your license or registration fee within 60 days after the license or registration expires, the department will charge the following fees:
For each license fee equal to the amount of $100 or less,a $30 fee will be accessed or the amount of the license fee, whichever sum is less.
For each license fee greater than $100, thirty percent of the amount of the license fee or $750 whichever amount is less.
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| Applications and bonds |
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Application and bond forms are now available online for wholesale and retail produce and seed dealers. For grain warehouse forms, please contact us .
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