Carrier profile · USDOT 567262 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L a Specialty Produce Co

DBA VESTA FOODSERVICE

211 power unitsavg 4.3 yrRegional · 3 statesSANTA FE SPRINGS, CA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksvestafoodservice.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 9.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 376 vehicle and 457 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

7.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

449 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 30

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 211-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
211
Inspections · 24 mo
457
Annualized
≈229 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving160 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance125 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance42 · 19 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 10 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 86 total · 10 in 24 mo

86
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256036
20246046
20232012
20229029
20211111
20202002
20194134
20184014
20175005
20164024
20153013
20141011
20134024
20123023
20113013
20103013
20093003
20089009
20073003
20062002
20055025
20041001
20031011
20021001
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 16, 2025NV00Yes
Oct 7, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 27, 2025CA01Yes
Sep 24, 2025AZ01Yes
Sep 11, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 11, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 30, 2024CA02Yes
Dec 14, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 19, 2024CA02Yes
Oct 14, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 27, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 15, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 16, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2022CA02Yes
Jun 18, 2022CA00Yes
May 25, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 31, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 31, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2022CA01Yes
Jan 5, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2021CA12Yes
Jun 27, 2020CA00Yes