The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Jackman Florida Wagyu Beef LLC (Florida Wagyu) and Justin Ashley Jackman (Jackman), Clewiston, Fla., on July 13, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
An investigation by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) revealed that on or about May 3, 2018, through Jan. 8, 2019, Florida Wagyu and Jackman operated as a packer in twenty-one (21) transactions involving the purchase of livestock for slaughter for $1,724,584. In each of these transactions, Florida Wagyu and Jackman failed to pay in a timely manner and engaged in the business of a packer buying livestock in commerce for slaughter purposes without maintaining an adequate bond or bond equivalent. As of the complaint’s filing date, Florida Wagyu and Jackman failed to pay four (4) livestock sellers a total of $ 1,037,372.