Overview

• Authorities report roughly 44 suspected intoxications nationwide, including 41 under review in São Paulo and 11 confirmed, with at least six deaths in the state under investigation and additional suspected cases in Pernambuco.
• Sanitary and police inspections have shut six bars or distributors and seized 942 bottles this week, while 128,000 sealed vodka bottles in Barueri await documentation and five criminal inquiries are open.
• Police arrested two women in Dobrada with 162 counterfeit whisky bottles as probes focus on distributors and clandestine plants; nearly 1,000 bottles were seized this week and 17,700 were found earlier in a factory in Americana.
• Health services activated CIATox centers, expanded dialysis and stocked antidotes including ethanol and fomepizole; São Paulo’s Hospital das Clínicas says it has supplies to treat at least 150 patients and urges rapid care for symptoms.
• The Chamber of Deputies approved urgency to vote on bills that stiffen penalties and classify lethal food adulteration as a heinous crime, while state proposals advance on sanctions and beverage traceability.