Overview

• The Health Ministry lists 17 confirmed intoxications and 2 deaths, while São Bernardo authorities confirm a third fatality in São Paulo linked to contaminated vodka.
• São Paulo accounts for 15 confirmed cases and 164 under investigation, with more than 7,000 suspect bottles seized last week and roughly 10,000 since state operations began.
• Police reported 20 arrests in the past week in São Paulo and shuttered clandestine sites in Americana, Sumaré, São Bernardo do Campo and Osasco, as Pernambuco police also closed an illicit beverage operation.
• Investigations center on two routes of contamination: washing reused containers with methanol and mixing via contaminated ethanol, as the governor seeks court approval to destroy seized packaging and curb reuse.
• Health authorities expanded CIATox-Unicamp testing to 190 analyses per day, procured 4,300 ampoules of pharmaceutical ethanol, plan to import 2,600 vials of fomepizol, and launched a federal committee to coordinate actions.