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Two executives, Danny Mucci and Joe Spano, were each fined $150,000 on a charge that they “imported greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers packaged and labelled with misrepresented country of origin.” Five other related charges against the two men were withdrawn after they pleaded guilty.

Mucci is the general manager of the greenhouse company and Spano is the vice-president of sales. The pair “unlawfully” marketed the agricultural products between Nov. 8, 2011 and Jan. 30, 2013.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency filed the charges in July 2014 following a lengthy investigation.

Damien Frost, a private Toronto lawyer brought on to run the prosecution, couldn’t be reached for comment after the case was finished.

Ducharme said the company and individuals pleaded guilty to regulatory charges — not criminal charges — that have to do with product labelling.

“Their computer system assists them to label things that come in and go out,” said Ducharme. “As they went back and reviewed many months of records the investigators concluded that some of the products had to be mislabelled.”

Ducharme said Mucci and Spano were completely co-operative with investigators.

“They worked with the investigators and provided their own employees to help them understand the software program,” said Ducharme. “We began working on resolving it to admit the mistakes they made and to agree they would ensure there was compliance in the future.”

The family-owned and operated Mucci Farms has been in business since 1963. It operates more than 400 acres of farmland across Ontario. The company has about 180 acres of greenhouses in Kingsville, and ships tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers across Canada and the United States.