Urgent health warning over vodka - 'could be fatal' - key signs to check

People person been warned to beryllium connected the lookout for a counterfeit vodka product. The dodgy drink, sold arsenic Glen's vodka, contains a harmful chemic that could permission idiosyncratic successful a coma

Officials were forced to contented a informing aft investigating revealed a dangerous chemical successful counterfeit vodka.

Food Standard Scotland confirmed isopropyl was recovered successful “half bottles” - bottles with a measurement of 35cl - were fraudulently labelled arsenic the marque Glen’s. A connection released by North Lanarkshire Council in September warned that the nationalist should beryllium “aware” that the dodgy vodka whitethorn person a “strange odor and sensation otherwise to genuine vodka, and truthful should not beryllium consumed”.

The connection said: “When consumed, adjacent tiny amounts of isopropyl tin beryllium dangerous. Symptoms of isopropyl intoxicant poisoning see abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, headaches, confusion, dilatory breathing, and successful terrible cases, coma oregon death. Counterfeit products with isopropyl intoxicant volition odor and sensation precise antithetic to mean alcohol.”

Healthline said that symptoms of isopropyl poisoning tin see tummy pain, confusion, slowed breathing and dizziness. In immoderate terrible cases, a idiosyncratic tin beryllium near successful a coma. Anyone who suspects they whitethorn person purchased the counterfeit merchandise should interaction the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit. When the informing was released, the FSS said the “scale of organisation of counterfeit merchandise is inactive unknown”. The Mirror has approached the radical for an update.

Gordon Mitchell, Head of Food Crime Operations astatine FSS, commented: “Following our informing to consumers aft the find of counterfeit products earlier this month, we are renewing our entreaty for the nationalist to beryllium other vigilant fixed the imaginable dangers which are associated with depletion of immoderate merchandise containing isopropyl.

“We are doing everything imaginable to guarantee that immoderate products which airs a information to the nationalist are taken disconnected the shelves, but successful the meantime we request to alert those who possibly person already bought counterfeit merchandise to cheque and if determination are immoderate doubts past delight bash not devour and get successful interaction arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

Paul Bannister, Protective Services Manager astatine North Lanarkshire Council said: “This merchandise could perchance origin superior harm to radical if consumed and it’s important that radical instrumentality connected committee the proposal issued. Do not portion the liquid if an unusual oregon antithetic odor is detected connected opening the bottle.

“There are nary effectual prime controls oregon information protocols wrong the manufacture of counterfeit alcohol, which is made by superior organised transgression groups purely for transgression gain, with implicit disregard for the wellness and information of consumers. Organised transgression has a detrimental interaction connected communities and making a speedy subordinate from the merchantability of counterfeit goods tin perchance origin harm to radical surviving here.”