0000101063-14-000008.txt : 20140331 0000101063-14-000008.hdr.sgml : 20140331 20140103145952 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000101063-14-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chiquita Brands L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590258 IRS NUMBER: 311192704 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-656-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TransFRESH Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590351 IRS NUMBER: 941620943 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-636-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: B C Systems, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590352 IRS NUMBER: 860256967 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-636-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fresh Express Inc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590353 IRS NUMBER: 942591533 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-636-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CB Containers, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590355 IRS NUMBER: 311317631 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-636-5167 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Verdelli Farms, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590387 IRS NUMBER: 232063194 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-656-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: V.F. Transportation, L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590395 IRS NUMBER: 251855820 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 513-980-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fresh International Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590354 IRS NUMBER: 942258709 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-636-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101063 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 041923360 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHALOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 9806365000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. STREET 2: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED BRANDS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900403 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chiquita Fresh North America L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001590396 IRS NUMBER: 041348580 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 980-656-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 SOUTH CALDWELL STREET CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Correspondence-AccelerationRequestS-4


Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
550 South Caldwell Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

January 3, 2014

VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Attn: Donald Field
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed December 23, 2013
File No. 333-193040

Dear Mr. Field:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Chiquita Brands L.L.C. and the additional registrants listed in the Registration Statement hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective at 9 a.m., Eastern Time, January 6, 2014, or as soon thereafter as possible.

We hereby acknowledge that:

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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
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the registrants may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Chiquita Brands L.L.C.
BC Systems, Inc.
CB Containers, Inc.
Chiquita Fresh North America L.L.C.
Fresh Express Incorporated
Fresh International Corp.
Transfresh Corporation
V.F. Transportation, L.L.C.
Verdelli Farms Inc.
                        
/s/ Joseph B. Johnson
Joseph B. Johnson
Vice President