Yesterday the Ministry of Agriculture sent out a press release saying that at their meeting with rice producers on Friday - the position on Uruguayan rice remained that it has only been imported to the country in limited quantities by a charitable organization.
What we didn't know was whether the rice producers accepted that.
Well today we got an e-mail from Stanley Rempel of Circle R rice who told us that they have discovered that Mexico imports Uruguayan rice as well. He takes this to mean that the rice found in an Orange Walk supermarket could have come from Mexico as well as contraband.
The PUP also weighed in on the issue today with a press release, which says that, quote:
"The PUP is of the firm belief that the steep decrease in sales is a direct result of the unsound marketing policies and unfair marketing practices implemented by the Government's Belize Marketing and Development Corporation."
the PUP demands that the Government of Belize:
1. Remove the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives and his Chief Executive Officer and
2. Terminate the services of the incompetent Managing Director of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation.
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