Overview

• An exclusive São Paulo inquest traced contaminated bottles to a clandestine plant in São Bernardo do Campo and found methanol concentrations as high as 45% in seized vodka and gin.
• Pernambuco confirmed its first three methanol intoxications, with two deaths and one survivor with vision loss, and announced the arrest of a suspect tied to beverage adulteration.
• The Health Ministry issued updated case definitions and lab workflows, began distributing 2,500 units of fomepizole and stocks of pharmaceutical ethanol, and said São Paulo received the first allotment.
• Anvisa authorized emergency domestic production of injectable ethanol by Cristália, with the initial lot to be donated for distribution across Brazil’s public health system.
• Consumer authorities warned that online ‘methanol test’ kits being advertised are fraudulent, urging reports of scams, while separate suspected cases in Minas Gerais and Ceará were officially ruled out.