Amajikijolo amasha apakisha/umdondoshiya wokuthutha UDriscoll's ufake isikhalazo esingokomthetho esimangalela ukwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi kanye “nokuguqulwa kwezinhlobo zamasitrobheli zobunikazi be-Driscoll.”
I-California Berry Cultivars kanye nomsunguli wenkampani yokuzalanisa ama-strawberry, uDouglas Shaw, yizikhalo.
Isikhalazo yafakwa ngomhlaka-20 Mashi ku-Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California, futhi ifuna ukuqulwa kwecala elifuna amademeshe kanye nokunye ukukhululwa.
USihlalo kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu se-Driscoll u-Miles Reiter uthe esitatimendeni esibhaliwe i-Driscoll's itshale imali eningi ohlelweni lokuzalanisa ngokwesintu ukuze kukhiqizwe izinhlobo zamajikijolo ezinikeza amakhulukhulu abalimi bemindeni abazimele.
"Sikholelwa endaweni yemakethe enobulungiswa nencintisanayo, futhi sizothatha izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze sivikele ucwaningo lwethu, amalungelo obunikazi kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zobunikazi," kusho uReiter esitatimendeni.
ICalifornia Berry Cultivars ayizange iphendule ngoMashi 20 ezicelweni ze-elekthronikhi zokuthi kuphawulwe ngazo ngesikhalazo.
I-Driscoll's ithe icala layo lamanje lilandela amacala angaphambili phakathi kwe-UC Davis neCalifornia Berry Cultivars (CBC) ngoMeyi 2017, lapho. ijaji lithole ukuthi i-CBC yenze “ukwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi ngamabomu. "
"Ngenxa yocwaningo, amarekhodi athile okuzalanisa ama-CBC enziwa obala, aveza ukuthi i-CBC ibizalanisa izinhlobo ezimbalwa ze-Driscoll," ngokusho kwesitatimende sika-Driscoll's.
"Zonke izinhlelo zokuzalanisa ama-strawberry eCalifornia zinentshisekelo ekukhuthazeni ukuncintisana okulungile okuzuzisa abathengi nabalimi," kusho uMeluleki Jikelele kaDriscoll uTom O'Brien esitatimendeni. "Asikwazi futhi ngeke sikuthobele ukusetshenziswa okungekho emthethweni nokungagunyaziwe kwezinhlobo zethu futhi sikholelwa ukuthi zonke izinhlelo zokuzalanisa kufanele zivikelwe kulezi zenzo."