In re Quality Sales, LLC, No. 12-200008, 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 3378 (Bankr. D. Conn. Aug. 20, 2013)

(debtor engaged in the business of purchasing, repackaging and selling perishable agricultural produce(hereinafter, "Produce") in interstate commerce subject to and with PACA license; sellers entered into agreements to grow tomatoes and squash for sale to debtor with payment due 30 days after debtor picked produce; partial payment timely made before debtor filed Chapter 7; sellers followed appropriate procedures and court entered order establishing PACA trust claims, and trustee objected on basis that sellers hadn’t preserved their interests in PACA trust by complying with statutory notice requirements of 7 U.S.C. Sec. 499e(c)(3) or (4); court determined that sellers had not substantially complied with PACA statutory notice requirements to preserve their benefits; sellers note sent to USDA did not refer to PACA trust or intent to preserve benefits of such trust; trustee’s objections sustained).