They warn in Placetas about the sale of rice with the smell of insecticide

Neighbors of Placetas, Villa Clara, warned about the rationed sale of rice with the smell of insecticide in the state warehouses of that city, located in the center of the country.

"Those who bought the rice of the month at the warehouse, please do not consume it and wait for more information. There are people reported as being poisoned or with health problems," he assured CyberCuba the activist Rubén Castillo.

According to some testimonies, the cereal that is being sold in some of these wineries has a strong smell, which makes them suspect that it is a chemical product used for fumigation.

"Even if you wash it well, the smell starts to come out when you cook it," explained Placetas residents, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of government reprisals.

A consumer said that her warehouse informed her that the sale was suspended "until further notice", as a matter of prevention, until it was known what had happened.

Another person, who preferred anonymity, said that at first glance the product has good quality, but when you smell it you realize that there is something strange about it.

"It was supposed to be free, but they decided to sell a part of that fee. It seems disrespectful to me, because in the midst of the hunger that people are going through, for them to do these things is inconsiderate," said an elderly woman, who also lives only from his pension.

So far no official media nor the government of Villa Clara has made any statements in this regard. They also did not answer the questions sent by CyberCuba.

The food crisis that the country is suffering, as a result of bad economic policies and the lack of will to find a solution to the problems, generates more discontent in the population, who must purchase most of the products in the informal market.

For months, the products in the regulated basic basket have been arriving incomplete and not only are they insufficient to cover the month, but they are sold in installments.

There are complaints from the population about the poor quality of some of these foods, such as the raw sugar that was sold this month in several wineries in the country.

In Camagüey the product was fat, humid and even had a bad smell, reported journalist José Luis Tan Estrada.