It doesn't - but, look, this is Apple we are talking about. What're the odds that there's anything in Apple's supply chain that they'd be willing to allow suppliers to sell to anyone else?
A bunch of other commenters are saying these were pulled from legally bought and re-sold phones -- probably trade-ins or damages. I don't know who is right, but given the additional fact that the linked article is only about 38 screens, not hundreds, do you really want to default to the conclusion that the importer is guilty?
Is there evidence other than what intuition says Apple would allow/disallow over the entire market? Keep in mind, this very article is about one method they would use to prevent people importing original parts stripped from broken units.
