Sancti Spiritus citizens criticize instability in the sale of milk and yogurt for children

Residents of Sancti Spíritus criticized the instability in the regulated sale of milk and yogurt for children, which are distributed after hours and often arrive in poor condition.

In statements to the local portal "Visiones", of theEscambray Newspaper, several Cubans said that sales have become unstable not only due to the shortage of products, but also due to sudden changes in sales hours, which affects those who live in towns far from the warehouses.

Others claim that in recent days they have been giving milk for yogurt, but in the previous monthThere were days when the products were not sold.

"They should inform the people when they are going to start selling the milk, many of us live far away," said the buyers, most of them elderly and senior citizens.

Others criticized that recentlythe milk arrived cut off due to lack of refrigeration and the government had to replace it.

The press outlet stated that the irregularities in the distribution of milk in the Trinidad municipality and in Sancti Spíritus and soy yogurt for children from 7 to 13 years old have been replaced many times by other foods.

Regarding the shortage of soy yogurt, local officials explained that it is due to the nonexistence of soybeans in the country, the main raw material used in its production.

In the coming days, the nearly 12 thousand consumers of this product will be delivered pasteurized milk, while this week the sale of milk for children from 1 to 7 years old and medical diets was stabilized, the news portal stressed, and added that the Sancti Spíritus dairy industry needs repair, and lacks refrigerators to protect food.

Despite these promises, the Cuban government announced that in May it will continue without selling soy yogurt to children between 7 and 13 years old because there are no raw materials. The Ministry of Domestic Trade announced in the middle of this month that they would sell powder for smoothies to minors who need that food because there were problems with raw materials, although it did not specify how long the deficit would last nor in the provinces where it would be replaced.

Recently the population of Sancti Spíritus also criticized thecheese price increase that is sold in the province, so the local government was forced to make a discreet reduction in the cost of the product.

In other provinces the situation is similar. Dozens of Cubans inLas Tunas also criticized the lack of milk and yogurt, in the midst of the food shortage that families are going through to feed the little ones in the home.