Kambucha Sues ZimCelebs Over Hygiene Post
Kambucha accuse ZimCelebs of maliciously associating their beverage Kambucha Lemon Drink with other Zambian products being manufactured in an unhygienic areas.
Kambucha has sued ZimCelebs over hygiene post. The popular social media bloggers ZimCelebs have been dragged to court by Kambucha Fresh Zim (PVT) LTD for their January 26 posts on Facebook and Instagram depicting the seemingly deplorable and unhealthy process the popular beverage was processed and manufactured.
Kambucha Fresh Zim (PVT) LTD through their legal attorney Rubaya and Chatambudza legal practitioners argued that the posts made by ZimCelebs were defamatory and falsely fabricated that one of the company’s popular beverages Kambucha Lemon Drink was manufactured in very filthy premises using dirty containers where there was no regard to cleanliness and the end user’s health.
In the court papers served to the ZimCelebs online manager by Kambucha Fresh Zim (PVT) LTD’S, the legal team accused them of maliciously associating their clients beverage Kambucha Lemon Drink with nine other Zambian products being manufactured in an unhygienic area.
“For reasons best known to you, you omitted to or intentionally avoided telling your followers and other Facebook platform users that the pictures in question did not relate to the Zimbabwean-made Kambucha producing company, Kambucha Fresh Zim (Pvt) Ltd, our client.
“The first picture of the referenced post depicted our client’s product, Kambucha Lemon Drink which clearly sent out a warning message against our client’s products because they are a result of a process that is done in very filthy premises using dirty containers where there was no regard to cleanliness and the end user’s health.”