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After dozens of deaths from the consumption of adulterated schnapps, the central Russian region of Orenburg has started an “alcohol for food” exchange campaign.
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Moscow – After dozens of deaths from the consumption of adulterated schnapps, the central Russian region of Orenburg has started an “alcohol for food” exchange campaign. Buyers of “alcoholic beverages of dubious quality” could exchange them in supermarkets for food worth several times the purchase price, reported the Tass news agency on Sunday. Previously, in the past few days, 67 people fell ill after consuming adulterated schnapps, and 34 of them died.
According to Tass, studies showed that people had drunk schnapps mixed with highly toxic methanol. In some cases, victims had three to five times a fatal dose of methanol in their blood.
According to the police, thousands of bottles of the suspicious liquor have already been confiscated in shops and warehouses in the region. However, since it was not clear how many bottles had already been sold, the exchange program was launched.
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