NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate maker Barry

Callebaut said on Friday it had halted operations at

one of its plants in Mexico after tests found that production at

that 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 corrective measures to

address the sub-standard production at the plant, without giving

any details about what was the problem.

Reuters had asked the company for a position about

production in Mexico following information it had received from

a source regarding delays on deliveries of chocolate by Barry

Callebaut to some of its clients in the country.

"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," said the company.

The company said it was talking to clients to secure product

delivery using other installations in North America.