The authorities of Guantanamo denied that the bread from the regulated family basic basket contains sand, following numerous complaints from the population about the poor quality of this staple food.
The Management of the Food Company in the province clarified that the bread sold through the supply booklet for several days does not contain any harmful substances to human health in its composition.
Any speculation on this matter, referring to the presence of sand or other inorganic material, is uncertain," emphasized in a note published in the newspaper Venceremos.
Eneldis Matos Romero, the general director of the company, admitted, however, that the bread contains "impurities" that cause an annoying sensory effect on the palate when eating it due to the characteristics of the imported wheat used in the preparation of the food.
According to the executive, the Cereal UEB in Santiago de Cuba, where wheat is ground, lacks a system for pre-cleaning that helps eliminate impurities from the grain, so a percentage of them remains in the flour even after the wheat is crushed.
Matos Romero emphasized that the particles felt when eating the bread are not sand, but impurities from the wheat itself, and their harmlessness was certified by the laboratories of the Ministry of Food Industry in Havana and Moa.
He added that the batch of wheat will only last for a month and then production will continue with another type of flour.
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