A food company alleges that $68,000 of “artisan, aged specialty cheese imported from Mexico” was stolen, diverted by the importer in collusion with another cheese company, reported The baiduhai.
Food Brands say they have the exclusive right to sell the San Miguel brand cheese made in Tabasco, Mexico, nationwide and they demand it back.
They allege that the importer delivered 972 cases of the cheese to his former employer, Quesos Finos, as a way to repay a personal debt, instead of delivering the cheese to the corresponding address. Quesos Finos then planned to sell the cheese under its own name, according to the lawsuit filed by Food Brands in Cook County Circuit Court.
Quesos Finos has ignored several demands by Food Brands to return the shipment, according to the lawsuit and they added that replacing the cheese with another shipment wouldn’t be easy.
“Because of the aging, artisanal process associated with San Miguel cheese, these products required lead time to process, package and deliver,” Food Brands says in its lawsuit.
Cook County Circuit Judge Moshe Jacobius on issued a temporary restraining order in favor of Food Brands, instructing Quesos Finos to not sell or move the cheese.
“This is not a ruling on the merits” of the case, said Kenneth Vanko, a Clingen Callow & McLean lawyer representing the plaintiffs. A hearing on the fate of the cheese is set for later this month.
Quesos Finos didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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