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State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident

By News Desk on September 10, 2020

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…
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Suspected Clenbuterol poisonings in Mexico under investigation

By News Desk on August 25, 2020

Officials in a Mexican state have issued a warning after suspicions that more than 50 people fell sick from eating meat contaminated with Clenbuterol.

Health services in Morelos called on people to remain vigilant for…
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Police find deadly Backer beer contamination was an accident

By News Desk on June 24, 2020

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…
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Backer told to recall beer linked to poisoning in Brazil

By News Desk on January 15, 2020

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…
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Adulterated alcohol kills two more in Costa Rica for 25 dead to date

By Dan Flynn on August 15, 2019

Visitors and residents of Costa Rica should not let their guard down regarding adulterated alcohol. Two more deaths from methanol poisoning were reported this week by the Costa Rican Ministry of Health.

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Methanol deaths in Costa Rica are likely due to alcohol fraud

By News Desk on July 26, 2019

The recent deaths of 15 men and five women reported by the Costa Rica Ministry of Health are blamed on methanol poisoning in alcohol. The fatalities, ranging from 32 to 72 years of age, are…
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‘Poisoned’ Candy Sickens Nearly 2,000 People in the Philippines

By News Desk on July 14, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-durian-candy-image22959060At least 1,925 people — most of them children — have fallen ill in the Philippines after eating candies said to be intentionally poisoned, according to numerous reports. At least 66 people are currently…
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Hundreds Sick in Japan from Pesticide-Contaminated Frozen Foods

By News Desk on January 8, 2014

Hundreds of people in Japan have been sickened by food contaminated with the pesticide malathion. Reports on the number of victims differ from at least 890 to more than 1,000. The mass poisoning has been…
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