Overview

• São Paulo’s criminalistics institute found methanol above legal limits in two groups of seized beverages and concluded it was intentionally added, with expert reports sent to the Civil Police.
• Investigators are pursuing lines that include methanol used to sanitize reused bottles or to bulk up counterfeit liquor, and the Federal Police are also examining possible links to abandoned fuel stocks, according to officials.
• A state task force in São Paulo seized more than 100,000 empty containers at a clandestine warehouse in Vila Formosa and inspected 18 venues, temporarily shuttering 11 for sanitary violations.
• Rio Grande do Sul will begin its own gas‑chromatography testing through the state toxicology center next week after securing supplies, as experts note single‑machine labs process samples sequentially and face capacity limits.
• The Health Ministry is procuring a specific antidote from international suppliers and tracking 217 notifications related to suspected cases across Brazil.