Overview

• The Health Ministry reports 43 notifications nationwide, including 39 in São Paulo with 10 confirmed intoxications, plus four suspected cases in Pernambuco under investigation.
• One death is confirmed by federal authorities and seven others remain under investigation, while São Paulo health officials say severe outcomes include loss of vision and coma and cite at least two minors among suspected cases.
• São Paulo’s crackdown this week led to six interdicted establishments, 942 bottles seized, and 128,000 vodka bottles sealed in Barueri pending documentation as five police inquiries proceed.
• The Federal Police opened an investigation into distribution networks and has not ruled out organized-crime involvement, a stance disputed by Governor Tarcísio de Freitas, who cites leads pointing to clandestine distilleries.
• Rio de Janeiro issued Decree 56.871 to empower municipal inspections and sanctions on beverage producers, while hospitals stock antidotes and state labs in Campinas, Botucatu and Ribeirão Preto provide rapid methanol testing.