Overview

• More than 220 intoxication notifications have been logged across at least 13 states, with São Paulo reporting 18 confirmed cases, 3 deaths and 158 investigations in progress.
• The São Paulo criminalistics institute says methanol was added to at least two seized beverage lots, reinforcing the hypothesis of intentional adulteration rather than a distillation flaw.
• Portugal delivered injectable fomepizole at Brazil’s request as the Health Ministry finalizes an emergency purchase of 2,500 units from a Japanese supplier and distributes pharmaceutical ethanol to hospitals.
• Rio Grande do Sul confirmed its first case in a man who drank in São Paulo, while Goiás and Minas Gerais discarded some suspected cases; Piauí reported a fourth suspect and Rio police launched inspections after new alerts.
• Unicamp’s toxicology center scaled throughput to roughly 190 exams per day and received 75 samples today, as police operations in São Paulo report arrests and large seizures of counterfeit bottles and labels.