A trader's license may be suspended or revoked for failing to comply with the law. Therefore, the license is the key to ensuring that traders meet their contractual obligations and exhibit fair trading practices. Wholesalers, processors, truckers, grocery wholesalers, and food service firms fit into this category. A person who negotiates the sale of fruits and vegetables on behalf of another person is required to be licensed on the first transaction. A person operating in this capacity may be considered to be a commission merchant, broker, or a growers' agent.
Growers are exempt from licensing if they sell only products of their own raising.
First, if operating subject, you are abiding by the law. Any person affiliated as an individual owner, partner in a partnership, or officer, director or holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding stock of a corporation or association. However, individuals may be deemed not responsibly connected if they can demonstrate that they were not actively involved in the conduct that resulted in a violation of the Act and that they were only nominally a partner, officer, director, or shareholder of a violating licensee or other entity subject to license which was the alter ego of its owners. If so, the applicant should furnish the full legal name of the person, the name of the firm involved, and the details of such connection, including the dates thereof. If so, the applicant should furnish the name and address of the firm and the details of the connection, including dates.