Alcohol products are highly profitable, so many cases of manufacturing and selling fake wine have occurred in recent years. In particular, some unscrupulous manufacturers use methanol to blend fake wine, which will cause serious harm to the human body after drinking. damage. Recently, a counterfeit wine case occurred in Heyuan, Guangdong. The Ferrand's blended whiskey and Faria blended whiskey sold in a bar were found to be blended with methanol. This caused 22 people to feel sick, and 4 of them were sent to hospital. In the ICU. At present, these two fake wines have been sold to Henan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

1. Counterfeit wine is sold to many provinces

Recently, an incident of methanol poisoning due to drinking occurred in Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. After investigation, the wine was labeled as "Ferrand's Blended Whiskey" (the nominal manufacturer is Penglai Wyard Wine Co., Ltd., and the nominal operator is Shenzhen Wyard Wine Industry) and "Falia Blended Whiskey" (labelled The manufacturer is named Penglai Wiyard Wine Co., Ltd., and the operator is Huizhou Xieyi Wine Co., Ltd.). It is suspected of counterfeiting methanol blending products produced by other companies. It was initially found to be sold to Henan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou and In Yunnan and other places, it is mainly sold in bars.

The State Food and Drug Administration has deployed the food and drug regulatory authorities in Henan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou and Yunnan to investigate and deal with operators who purchase counterfeit products in accordance with the law. Those suspected of committing crimes will be promptly transferred to the public security organs. And assist the public security organs to carry out criminal investigations and control product risks; bars and other operators who purchase and sell the above two products must seal them on site, stop sales, find out the source of the purchase, and report to the local food and drug supervision and management department; remind consumers Anyone who is found to be selling the above two products should immediately report to the local food and drug supervision and administration department.

At 2:39 a.m. the day before yesterday, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration received a telephone report from the Heyuan City Food and Drug Administration, saying that between November 20 and 24, many people "muse" in Heyuan City. Symptoms include physical discomfort after drinking in bars.

The Provincial Food and Drug Administration attaches great importance to it and immediately studies and deploys investigation and disposal work. The main responsible comrades of the Provincial Food and Drug Administration and the Provincial Food Safety Office issued instructions, requiring the Heyuan Municipal Bureau to immediately launch an accident investigation and a city-wide investigation, control the suspected products, cooperate with the public security organs to quickly identify the source and whereabouts of the suspected products, prevent the spread of harm, and pay close attention to Organize and arrange random inspections to identify the cause of the problem as soon as possible.

At noon the day before yesterday, the Provincial Bureau sent specialized personnel to form a joint investigation team with the public security organs and rushed to Heyuan City to guide the investigation and handling of the case, and to guide local organizations to carry out safety inspections of the alcohol sales and service industries.

After investigation, the "muse" bar in Heyuan City holds a valid business license and food business license, and sells 13 varieties of alcoholic beverages, including "Filang's Blended Whiskey" and "French". No receipts or supplier licenses can be provided for the two wines "Riya Blended Whiskey". After a random inspection of the seized "Falia Blended Whiskey", it was found to contain methanol. It was initially determined that the relevant products were fake wine. The bars and label operators involved in the case have been sealed.

Up to now, Heyuan People’s Hospital has admitted a total of 22 patients suffering from discomfort caused by the products involved, including 4 patients admitted to the ICU and 18 mild patients staying in the hospital for observation. There are currently no deaths. .

Currently, the local public security agency has investigated the case.

2. How to identify fake wine

1. Observe the bottle shape

Many famous brand wines have unique bottle shapes. The height and thickness of fake wine bottles , the packaging is old, no freshness, and the sealing is not tight.

2. Observe the mouth of the bottle

The anti-theft cap of regular famous wines and the mouth of the glass bottle are very neatly and standardly connected. They are uneven, and in some cases the wine will leak out once turned upside down; this is probably because the fake wine maker lacks formal capping equipment, or the wine cap does not match the match.

3. Observe the trademark

Pay attention to the production date, manufacturer, and packaging of the wine you purchased to prevent counterfeiting. Usually, the trademarks of famous wines are printed in a standardized manner, and the colors are neatly registered, so there will be no appearance. If the printing color is out of edge, such as in gastric glass bottles, the production date and shift number are usually printed on the back of the trademark. However, the trademark printing of fake wine is very rough, the color is misaligned, and blurry parts can be seen if you look closely.

4. Look at the packaging

In addition to being beautifully printed, the paper lid packaging of acupuncture has no gaps at the edges and is very neat and tight. Some bottle caps are also made of plastic. Wrapped in film, the packaging is tightly packed and there will be no looseness.

5. Anti-counterfeiting marks

Many famous wines will introduce anti-counterfeiting marks, and most of them use disposable wine bottles. The advantage of this kind of wine bottles is that they are used once by direct customers, so most counterfeiters are These wine bottles cannot be used for counterfeiting again. It is very expensive to introduce a set of anti-counterfeiting marks, which will discourage most counterfeiters.

6. Smell the aroma

Before drinking, put a little wine on your hands and rub it with both hands for a while to heat the wine and smell the aroma. The aroma is fragrant and it is the best. If the wine smells bitter, it is fake wine.

7. Observe the color

White wine

Most white wines are colorless, and the sauce-flavor type can be slightly yellow. Some white wines will be slightly turbid in winter. White floc is caused by higher fatty acids. The white floc will dissolve after heating. If it does not disappear, it may be caused by the deterioration of the wine.

Oil will appear on the surface of fake liquor, and the hops will be densely turned up and unevenly distributed. This is due to the precipitation of fusel oil, and it may be fake liquor.

8. Wine

Wine changes color or becomes turbid, and some may have a gray film on the surface or a layer of white matter on the bottom of the bottle. This is mostly caused by the crystallization of potassium hydrogen tartrate. The quality of the wine is relatively low. Difference.

9. Beer

Beer is light yellow or reddish brown, clear and transparent, no turbidity, no sedimentation. If there is crystalline sediment or white floc, it is mostly caused by temperature. Caused by too low; if lumps are found and the taste of the wine changes, it is caused by bacterial contamination.