Carrier profile · USDOT 2150930 · MC-766324 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Universal Food Distributors Inc

10 power unitsavg 3.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesFREEHOLD, NJ93/100
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 33.1 pts 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving18 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20233013
20221011
20212012
20201011
20191011
20183023
20172002
20162002
20131011
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 23, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2023ND00Yes
May 9, 2023SC01Yes
Nov 3, 2022WY01Yes
Nov 3, 2021IA01Yes
Aug 26, 2021SC00Yes
Dec 19, 2020IL01Yes
Sep 12, 2019NE02Yes
Dec 28, 2018NE01Yes
Oct 4, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 11, 2018VA01Yes
Sep 25, 2017NY00Yes
Apr 11, 2017NJ00Yes
Dec 25, 2016WY00Yes
Dec 1, 2016FL00Yes
Apr 17, 2013MA04Yes
Aug 30, 2012MD00Yes