Overview

• National surveillance reports 43 notifications since August, with 39 in São Paulo including 10 laboratory‑confirmed cases and 29 still under investigation.
• Authorities list one death confirmed in São Paulo and seven fatalities under investigation nationwide, with five in São Paulo and two in Pernambuco.
• Federal Police and the Agriculture Ministry inspected a depot in Embu das Artes and an alleged clandestine plant in Pilar do Sul, collecting samples for MAPA and specialized lab analysis.
• São Paulo’s operations have interdicted six establishments and seized 942 bottles, while 128,000 vodka bottles were sealed in Barueri pending documentation.
• The Chamber of Deputies approved urgency for a bill to classify beverage falsification as a heinous crime and raise penalties to six to twelve years, as health services report antidote stocks and rapid testing capacity.