This year has been dominated by the global coronavirus pandemic but it also held many other surprises such as contaminated beer in Brazil, pesticide residues in seeds from India, and approval of cell-based meat
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Public prosecutors in a Brazilian state have filed a complaint against certain employees from a brewery that sold contaminated beer linked to the deaths of 10 people.
The action by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of
Continue Reading State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident
An investigation by police in a Brazilian state has found the contamination of beer which killed seven people was an accident likely caused by a manufacturing defect.
Almost 30 people were poisoned by diethylene glycol
Continue Reading Police find deadly Backer beer contamination was an accident
More than 20 people are suspected to have been poisoned and four have died in Brazil after drinking contaminated batches of beer. Tests have found diethylene glycol in 32 lots of 10 Backer beers.
Officials
Continue Reading More poisonings in Brazil linked to beer; officials urge extreme caution
Seventeen people are suspected to have been poisoned and one person has died in Brazil after drinking beer.
Sixteen males and one female aged 23 to 76 years old are thought to have suffered diethylene
Continue Reading Backer told to recall beer linked to poisoning in Brazil
