They warn that more than 500,000 liters of milk are at unemployment in Boyacá

He Mining and peasant strike which takes place from this August 4 in Boyacá It has generated blockages in the main road corridors of the department, preventing the passage of raw milk collection trucks towards processing plants in Cundinamarca and other regions of the country.

Now, More than 500,000 liters of milk They remain damaged in collection tanks and vehicles, with imminent risk of getting lost because this food, highly perishable, and cannot remain detained without breaking the cold chain, according to the Colombian Association of Milk Processors (Asoleche).

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“From Asoleche we make an urgent call to guarantee the free mobility of people and also of basic products of the family basket such as milk, an essential food for the country’s nutrition and food safety. Boyacá is one of Colombia’s main dairy basins and the impossibility of transporting milk affects, first, the producing peasants who are compromised by the sale of their daily milking, and secondly to consumers who require these dairy products”He said Ana María Gómez, Executive President of the Association.

They claim that the situation is aggravated because the cooling tanks in the collection areas are already
They reached their maximum capacity, emphasizing that if the blockages continue, the milk of the milking of the afternoon and of the following days cannot be collected or processed, causing losses “Millionaires“, shortage of dairy products and a serious impact for thousands of peasant families living in this activity.

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“Preventing milk from being lost on the tracks is to protect the work of peasant producers and ensure the supply of a vital food for millions of Colombians“Gomez added.

From the association they ask the protesters and the authorities that are allowed the transit of the trucks of raw milk and of the vehicles that transport the processed product, while the dialogue tables are developed and solutions to the demands of the unemployment are sought.

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