Overview

• Authorities report 59 national notifications with 11 laboratory-confirmed poisonings, mostly in São Paulo, with one death confirmed and other fatalities under investigation.
• São Paulo’s operations interdicted seven establishments and seized 1,002 bottles this week, while a 128,000-bottle lot in Barueri was sealed pending documentation.
• Federal Police and the Agriculture Ministry inspected a suspected distribution depot in Embu das Artes and a clandestine bottling site in Pilar do Sul.
• Arrests include two women caught with 162 counterfeit whisky bottles in Dobrada and a man detained in the Federal District for alleged beverage falsification.
• The Health Ministry activated a crisis center, distributed ethanol antidote supplies, initiated emergency procurement including fomepizole, and advised consumers to avoid uncertified distilled drinks.