The company Richmeat de Cuba SA informed about the resumption of the processing of meat products in its plant located in the Special Development Zone (ZED) Mariel.
Through a statement reviewed by the Cuban News Agency (ACN), the company with capital Mexican announced that after a “brief planned maintenance” it resumed the monthly processing of some 3000 tons of hash.
The media highlights that Richmeat was the first user of foreign investment established in the ZED Mariel and that the integral technological maintenance was carried out satisfactorily for five days.
Although not mentioned in the text, the information seems to refute some publications that circulated on social networks and independent media about a stoppage of the plant due to alleged debts of the Cuban Government with the company.
These media echoed the aforementioned comments by Cuban workers at the plant, who would have been sent home until further notice without being informed about their future employment.
The products made by Richmeat, especially the mixed seasoned picadillo, are usually sold in chain stores that sell products in Cuban pesos (CUP) at significantly lower prices than those that operate in freely convertible currency (MLC) or with respect to the market. informal.
According to communication of the Mexican company, the stop is part of the company’s work policy, with regard to food quality and safety, and part of the process to obtain HACCP certification (granted by the National Standardization Office), with the which could advance its expected export projection in the medium term.
The entity also highlights the oversizing of the production plans of the last months of a plant that initially provided for the production of some 300 tons per month of hash, which has motivated the workforce to have grown from 30 to 160 workers currently.
Add the text that the factory has maintained compliance with the contracts agreed with its customers and is working on identifying others within the Cuban market.
At the end of last year, Luis Alberto González Hernández, president of Richmeat de Cuba SA, reported that the company was beginning to build a second plant in ZED Mariel to begin operations in 2027, and that it would be dedicated to the production of 7,000 tons of sausages per month.
The manager then explained that the new plant would have the most advanced technologies to guarantee quality standards in its processes, and that it would generate around 400 new jobs.
