The relationship between two pineapple growers just got pricklier as Monaco-based Del Monte International GmbH has accused its Costa Rican partner-turned-rival, Inversiones y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa, of willfully violating a 2017 final judgment that blocked the Latin American company from selling pineapples derived from Del Monte seeds.

The seeds, called MD-2, are hybrids designed to spawn pineapples that are exceptionally sweet and juicy.