Lawsuit claims about 50% of shipments from 2022-24 had fruit exceeding Canadian safety levels

Driscoll’s berries are on many Canadians’ plates and all over Canadian grocery stores, with their tagline claiming to be “only the finest berries.”

But a whistleblower lawsuit in California alleges the finest berries were not sent to Canada: instead, millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border, and the company tried to cover it up.

California resident and former Driscoll’s employee David Harada claims in the lawsuit that by Driscoll’s own estimates, about 50 per cent of all shipments to Canada from 2022 to 2024 had fruit that exceeded Canadian safety levels.

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[–] 16 points 4 days ago (15 children)

you might want to pick a better word than 'shitty' when talking about feeding plants considering what fertilizer is.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (14 children)

    There’s a difference between fertilizer and shit in the ground water used to feed the plants.

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