Overview

• The Health Ministry lists 217 suspected notifications nationwide with 17 confirmed cases, while local officials in São Bernardo do Campo report a third death in São Paulo.
• São Paulo remains the epicenter with roughly 82% of notifications, counting 15 confirmed cases and 164 under investigation, as probes examine bottle-washing with methanol or methanol‑contaminated ethanol in falsified spirits.
• The Justice Ministry and Senacon say 30 establishments have been identified for suspected adulteration and notified, with 25 distributors and sector entities required to provide purchasing and supply records.
• Police and sanitary raids seized thousands of bottles, 316,000 fake labels and other inputs, with São Paulo’s task force reporting 20 arrests in a week and broader operations citing at least 41 detentions.
• Health authorities boosted testing and treatment capacity, with CIATox/Unicamp able to run up to 190 tests daily, 4,300 ampoules of pharmaceutical ethanol acquired and 2,600 bottles of fomepizol slated for import.