Vodka And Whisky Containing Methanol
The Food Standards Agency
(FSA) has issued several urgent warnings to anyone who
may have bought the following brands of vodka and whisky
:
These products could contain dangerous levels of methanol
and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising anyone
who may have bottles of any of these products not to
drink the contents. Elevated levels of methanol could
cause serious harm to health.
Effects of methanol poisoning include abdominal pain,
drowsiness and dizziness, blurred vision leading to
blindness and breathing difficulties.
Symptoms of methanol poisoning can be delayed for several
hours and anyone who thinks they may have drunk any
of these products should seek immediate medical advice.
At the moment we’re not sure whether counterfeit
bottles of Highland Pride are on sale. However, the
counterfeit Highland Pride labels can be identified
by the following features:
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'1 L' and '40% vol' on the front
label, whereas the genuine label says '1 litre'
and '43% vol'. |
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small numbers on both sides of the label, whereas
the genuine bottles have numbers on just the right-hand
side of the label |
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the words ‘Produced and bottled in Scotland’,
whereas the genuine labels say 'Bottled in Scotland' |
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'Highland Pride' written on two lines on the
back label, whereas on genuine labels it is on
one line |
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a line between ‘Highland Pride’
and ‘Finest Scotch Whisky’, whereas
there is no line between them on genuine labels |
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barcode 5011311221171 - the
genuine barcode is 5011311023645 |
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a recycle sign, not present on genuine labels |
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self-adhesive labels - the genuine ones are
not self-adhesive |
Photo of counterfeit label |
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