A batch of sugar intended for the basic basket was withdrawn from sale in several municipalities of Villa Clara, in central Cuba, because it contained iron particles that exceeded the permitted limits, the ruling party acknowledged.
As reported on the radio, the director of Tecnoazúcar in the Cuban province, Mario Enrique García, the transfer of the product from the sugar mills that produce and package it was suspended, and quality analyzes are being carried out in different laboratories, as well as other actions. techniques and control to solve the problem.
García explained that the “Heriberto Duquesne” plant in Remedios must increase its production and deliver more than 100 tons of sugar per day, to replace the defective batch as soon as possible.
On the other hand, the director of Retail Trade in the province, Yoel Romero, indicated that sugar with excess iron particles was detected in warehouses in seven municipalities: Camajuaní, Remedios, Caibarién, Cifuentes, Manicaragua, Ranchuelo and Santa Clara.
Romero added that the distribution of the product in those places was stopped, and affected consumers were instructed to return their share and receive another one in good condition.
Sugar in poor condition in Cuban wineries
A week ago, in a video shared on Facebook, a Cuban woman showed how when she passed a magnet over the brown sugar they gave her at the warehouse, pieces of metal stuck to it.
User Irina Diéguez Toledo asked other Cubans to do the same test and stated that what she found was iron. Several Internet users corroborated having found metals in brown sugar.
A similar publication a few days ago caused the government to review the sugar it distributes for the basic basket in the warehouses of Cárdenas, Matanzas, and dozens of kilograms were removed from the distribution network.
State television in that municipality reported that the standardized white sugar that was offered to the population had “pieces of foreign matter that were not soluble” or suitable for human consumption.
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