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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Chiquita Brands International
Ownership Structure: joint venture (owned 50-50 by Cutrale and Safra Group)
Headquartered in: Florida
Major Industry: food products
Specific Industry: bananas
Penalty total since 2000: $38,286,524
Number of records: 23
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| miscellaneous offenses | $37,800,000 | 2 |
| environment-related offenses | $179,068 | 7 |
| safety-related offenses | $123,645 | 11 |
| competition-related offenses | $100,000 | 1 |
| employment-related offenses | $83,811 | 2 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| payment to designated terrorist organization | $37,800,000 | 2 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $123,645 | 11 |
| environmental violation | $120,843 | 4 |
| Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | $100,000 | 1 |
| employment screening violation | $75,000 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Chiquita Brands International Inc. | payment to designated terrorist organization | 2007 | DOJ_NATSEC | $25,000,000 |
| Chiquita Brands International Inc. | payment to designated terrorist organization | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,800,000 |
| Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2001 | SEC | $100,000 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $76,518 |
| Fresh Express Incorporated | employment screening violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $75,000 |
| Fresh Express | air pollution violation | 2010 | CA-ARB | $37,425 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $24,375 |
| FRESH EXPRESS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $23,550 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $15,625 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $13,000 |
| CHIQUITA BRANDS | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $12,934 |
| CHIQUITA BRANDS INC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $12,750 |
| FRESH EXPRESS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $10,814 |
| Chiquita Brands | air pollution violation | 2011 | CA-ARB | $10,800 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $10,055 |
| Fresh Express | air pollution violation | 2005 | GA-ENV | $10,000 |
| FRESH EXPRESS | wage and hour violation | 2017 | IL-DOL | $8,811 |
| FRESH EXPRESS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $8,192 |
| CHIQUITA BRANDS, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $8,036 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $7,514 |
| FRESH EXPRESS | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $7,200 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $7,080 |
| FRESH EXPRESS INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $6,845 |
