Fireball “Whiskey” Consumers Institute Class Action Lawsuit for Fraud and Deceptive Practices New Orleans, Louisiana – January 27,2023 – Sazerac Company, a New Orleans, LA based beverage company is being sued in U.S. Federal Court for fraud and deceptive practices. The lawsuit filed on behalf of consumers as a class-action concerns the popular affordable Fireball…
Phoenix, Arizona The rise of COVID-19 in Southwestern States are leading to other deadly consequences from methanol laced hand sanitizers. The medical toxicologist for Banner Health, Dr. Frank Lovecchio recently told Max Gorden a reporter for 3TV/CBS 5 located in Phoenix that they have seen 14 known cases of hospitalizations from methanol poisoning. Dr. Lovecchio…
Istanbul, Turkey Acting on a tip, Turkish forces began surveillance of a gang of suspected counterfeit alcohol producers. The tipster revealed that bootleg alcohol producers were negotiating with a gang who was producing large quantities of ethyl alcohol. Even when produced according to standards and at its highest quality ethyl alcohol is a non-consumable form…
Victoria, Australia Apollo Bay Distillery issued an urgent recall for bottles of its SS casino Gin purchased between June 5, and June 7, 2020. In announcing the recall, a spokesperson told the media that the bottles were mis-filled with a hand sanitizer that they also produce at the same location. The hand sanitizer contains glycerol…
Yucatán, Mexico On May 15, 2020 Yucatán Expat Life, a local news source reported that there have been over 100 deaths from tainted alcohol from black market purchases. Only days ago, on May 13, 2020 the New York Times first broke the story with a headline that read, “At Least 70 Dead in Mexico from…
Cape Town, South Africa As part of the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has imposed a ban on the sale of liquor and cigarettes. As opposition to the ban continues to brew from citizens and groups representing the liquor industry,…
Caloocan, Philippines The Northern Police District (NPD) Director BGen. Ronaldo Ylagan announced on Friday the arrest of three citizens for manufacturing fake isopropyl alcohol. Along with the arrest of Bea Angela Acosta, 21, of Sta. Quiteria, Caloocan as well as Ronnel Almojuela, 24; and Christian Roa, 27, both from Valenzuela City, police confiscated P800,000 (approximately…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Wamin Li, 53, a Chinese businessman who is the owner of company which imports and distributes alcohol today made his first court appearance. Mr. Li was charged in Phnom Penh Municipal Court with selling more than 4,000 liters of fake alcohol throughout the capital. Li was charged with ““selling and distributing prohibited…
March 28, 2020 – Tehran, Iran Medical Professionals around the world have their hands full with the battle against coronavirus. In Iran, the Ministry of Health has issued a dire warning in response to a surge of patients caused by an age-old problem, methanol poisoning. Wary of State Media that at first hid the coronavirus…
New York, NY Months after the F.B.I. toxicology results were expected for what was deemed suspicious tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic, major news sources reported on October 18-19, 2019 that the results are final. CNN, ABC, the New York Times along with most major news outlets reported that the F.B.I. has concluded that the…