Citing a BBC report, the national team of Uruguay's shipment of delicacies has been recently confiscated by Brazilian authorities, Dirty Tackle said. The confiscation of the team's dulce de leche, a caramel spread popular in the country, has been banned in the 2014 World Cup host country for reasons that the team failed to secure the necessary sanitary documents that are required of milk-based products.
The shipment, which is 86 pounds of the delicacy, has been seized upon arrival of the items at an airport near the Uruguayans' training base in Sete Lagoas.
Telling Reuters news agency, a Brazilian official from the country's agriculture department said that the team could have the dulce de leche back as soon as they provide them the necessary documents for the authorities to release the shipment to the football team. The official added that the Uruguayans can also pick the shipment up on their way out of the country.
The official's response could have been referred to Uruguay's shocking 3-1 defeat against Costa Rica, BBC said. Some of the fans have, in jest to cheer themselves up from the crushing loss, attributed to the lack of the delicacy as the reason why the Uruguayans lost to the Croatian football team. On the other hand, Dirty Tackle provided another conspiracy theory, claiming that the ban might have something to do with Brazil's way to support its team, who has won against Croatia last week in a controversial fashion.
The sports blog said this is not the first incident of authorities barring products of its delegates from entry to the country. It could be recalled that during the Sochi Winter Olympics, The US team was unable to get their shipment of 5,000 Chobani single-serve yogurts, as the US said the shipment could not secure Russian Customs certifications, of which US Senator Charles Schumer deemed to be unattainable.
