HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 13 (ACN) Cuba faces difficulties with inputs such as wheat flour for the production of bread for the standard family basket, but despite the limitations, it will ensure that this food reaches every consumer.
Anayra Cabrera Martinez, general director of Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Food Industry (Minal by its Spanish acronym), explained to the press that in view of this contingency and based on the inventories – both of flour and wheat – carried out in the national territory, it was decided that, in order to maintain the supply to the population, from today the weight of the bread of the standard family basket will be temporarily reduced from 80 to 60 grams and its price will be 75 cents.
The reduction will allow in the next few days to guarantee its production and distribution without affecting consumers or prioritized facilities such as schools and health centers, she commented.
The reduction of the bread weight should not affect the quality of the product and Minal, with its National State Inspection Team, will reinforce actions to control that the bread that reaches each household
