Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut said on Friday that it had halted production at one of its Mexican plants after tests found that production at the site did not meet the company’s quality standards.
A spokesperson for Barry Callebaut, which is also one of the world’s largest cocoa processors, said in a statement to Reuters the company was putting in place some protective measures to address the sub-standard production at the plant.
The spokesperson did not give any details about what the problem was.
Reuters had asked the company for a position about production in Mexico after it received information from a source regarding delays on deliveries of chocolate by Barry Callebaut to some of its clients in the country.
The company said, ‘As part of these routine controls, we identified a test case in one of our Mexican factories that did not meet our standards.
‘As a precaution, we have proactively halted production at this site and already implemented corrective actions.’
The company added that it was talking to clients to secure product delivery using other installations in North America.
The news comes after shares in the company fell as its quarterly sales volume fell due to the high price of cocoa.
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