In a circular apparently issued by the company Dos Pinos, the entity may have indicated to its customers that due to non-renewal of health certificates for the industrializing plant they may not be able to continue expending their products until the situation has been resolved. This is the version stated by Laprensa.com.ni, who also explained that the Country manager at Dos Pinos in Nicaragua, Oswaldo Gonzalez Quijano said in the document   "... The measure taken by the Government of Nicaragua 'has no technical basis'."

Added to this situation is the conflict that already exists between dairy farmers in Nicaragua and the Honduran government, after it began to restrict entry of nicaraguan milk, citing lack of health permits. The problem reached such a magnitude that the Nicaraguan company Centrolac file a law suit against its neighbor with the Central American Court of Justice in May.

Nacion.com reports that "...The president of the National Chamber of Milk Producers (Caprole), José Antonio Madriz, confirmed that since last week trucks with high added value products from three plants in Costa Rica have been rejected. The problem affects Dos Pinos, Sigma Alimentos (cheese) and Pops ice cream, Madriz said."

".. The dairy leader explained that it is still not clear what the arguments are that led to Nicaragua taking this measure. "The issue is so important - said Madriz- that it is being dealt with at the highest level, with representatives from the ministries of Agriculture, Foreign Trade and the Presidency". The Foreign Ministry could even be involved, he added."

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Source: laprensa.com.ni

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