In Riobamba, more than 1 million units of cookies and 400,000 expired strains were found since 2017.
The Ministry of Education announced a investigation about him expired food found in a winery in Riobamba and declared current responsibility in the matter.
On two sheds of the Riobamba Industrial Park were found more than 1 million units of cookies and 400,000 washes expired since 2017.
“This is a private warehouse, which has been raided by an investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office, and there they find these school feeding kits. They are kits of school feeding, made in the year 2016, which have an expiration date in 2017 ″, said the Minister of Education, María Brown Pérez.
He added that, at the time of preparation, the School Feeding Program (PAE) was carried by the EP National Storage Unit (ONE EP), which had absorbed what became known as Proalimentos, who took charge of school feeding during the 2014-2016 period.
The official indicated that, in October 2016By means of an executive decree, it is decided that the competence will again be transferred to the Ministry of Education and a transition process is carried out.
“During the month of October, they continue to receive the food that UNA EP bought; This consisted of what was found in the cellar, which are these coladas, some liquid, others in powder form and some rice cakes ”, he said.
More than one million cookies and 400,000 lanes expired since 2017 were detected in Riobamba wineries; according to Arcsa, lot belongs to the school feeding program
Once the school feeding program is assumed with the National Public Procurement Service (Sercop) and with the Ministry of Education, he said, the files are prepared, which are the ones that currently they are bought: milk or juice tetrapak, cookies or cereal bars.
The food found was the one bought at that time by the Storage unit, Brown added, for whom it must be verified whether these foods, at the time, were acquired by that institution or if it is a warehouse of the supplier that never sold or delivered that food.
If it was delivered, it is necessary to verify if the problem is presented by UNA PE or by whoever was hired to distribute, which was Mails of Ecuador, added.
“And there, identify where the guilt lies, where was the lack and why were these rations not delivered ”, he mentioned.
With the elaboration code it will be verified which purchase order each of these foods corresponded to; and if they corresponded to a purchase order, identify where the problem arose and begin with the administrative sanctions procedures, if applicable, and criminal sanctions, if applicable; because, in his opinion, there is an embezzlement of public funds.
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