UK organisation urges drinkers to be cautious of fake booze in the run-up to New Year’s Eve.
Drinkers planning to celebrate the new year with their favourite tipple risk blindness or even death if they buy fake alcoholic drinks, the UK’s Trading Standards body has warned.
Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit booze have been seized in the run-up to the festive season, the Local Government Association (LGA) said, as officials try to quash the billion-pound bootleg alcohol industry and keep revellers safe.
As partygoers stock up on alcohol ahead of New Year’s Eve and plan celebrations in town and city centres, councils have issued warnings about the health implications of fake drinks.
Some of those seized have been found to contain lethal chemicals such as chloroform, which can induce comas, and isopropanol, which is commonly found in car screenwash and anti-freeze.
Source: Irish Times, 30/12/2016
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