Alert over potentially deadly counterfeit vodka

The nationalist are being warned astir fake bottles of Glen’s Vodka which person been recovered to incorporate an concern solvent that tin origin decease successful terrible cases.

The Food Standards Agency said immoderate 35cl counterfeit bottles person been recovered to incorporate isopropyl alcohol, which is not intended for quality consumption.

The fake vodka whitethorn person a unusual odor and sensation otherwise to genuine vodka, the FSA warned.

It comes a time aft Food Standards Scotland (FSS) warned that fake Glen's Vodka had been recovered successful section convenience stores successful Glasgow and Lanarkshire.

In a statement, the FSA - which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland - said it "has been made alert of the accumulation and organisation of counterfeit vodka labelled arsenic Glen’s Vodka".

"Products sampled were recovered to incorporate isopropyl alcohol, truthful they are unsafe. Isopropyl intoxicant is an concern solvent and is not intended for quality consumption," it said.

Drinking the solvent "can rapidly pb to intoxicant poisoning and successful terrible cases death", the FSA said.

It advises consumers to cheque for a "laser etched batch codification applied to the vessel betwixt the rear statement and the basal of the bottle".

The FSA says that isopropyl has "a beardown odour and it whitethorn beryllium imaginable to observe contaminated products by odor alone".

"If the vodka has a beardown smell, bash not devour it. Instead store it successful a harmless spot and study it to your section authorization for further acquisition and advice," the bureau said.

After the FSS released a informing successful Scotland connected Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Loch Lomond Group, which owns Glen’s Vodka, said: “Our precedence is the wellness and information of the nationalist which includes our galore thousands of loyal Glen’s customers.

"We are moving hard to enactment the fantabulous efforts of Food Standards Scotland and the different authorities progressive to code the substance urgently."