Lawyers are asking Quebec's Superior Court to certify a class action against American fruit giant Driscoll's, alleging it shipped millions of pounds of berries to Canada with non-compliant chemical residues between 2022 and 2024.
Millions of pounds. Two-plus years. Residues above legal limits on fruit marketed as premium. The case, if certified, becomes one of Canada's biggest food-safety fights.
Driscoll's stickers are on half the berry packs in GTA carts. If the allegations hold, years of premium prices bought premium poison. Check the label — then check the docket.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Shipping millions of pounds of berries to Canada with non-compliant chemical residues.
A judge must authorize (certify) the class action.