Overview

• Health authorities report six confirmed intoxications in the state, with three fatalities under investigation for methanol involvement and roughly ten additional suspected cases.
• The Justice Ministry ordered the Federal Police to open a criminal inquiry to trace the source of the adulterant, with possible interstate distribution under review.
• State teams seized 117 unlabeled bottles from bars and adegas in the Jardins and Mooca areas of São Paulo, with forensic testing pending at the criminalistics institute.
• Police dismantled a clandestine bottling site in Americana (SP), seizing more than 18,000 items; no methanol was found on-site, and two men were arrested.
• An emergency federal meeting mobilized Health, Agriculture and Senacon through the Rapid Alert System to intensify oversight, issue guidance to services and Procons, and urge consumers to buy only sealed, labeled, tax‑stamped products.