Finer Foods Sales Co., Inc. v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, and United States of America

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge FRIEDMAN.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Secretary of Agriculture that the petitioner, Finer Foods Sales Co., Inc., a licensee under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 499a-499s (1976 & Supp. V 1981) (“Act”), was guilty of “flagrant and repeated” violations of the Act. The effect of that determination is to prohibit any person “responsibly connected” with the petitioner from working for another licensee for at least a year. We affirm.

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The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act…