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RPT-UPDATE 1-Eleven dead, 300 treated after drinking coconut wine in Philippines

Published 12/23/2019, 10:21 PM
Updated 12/23/2019, 10:24 PM
RPT-UPDATE 1-Eleven dead, 300 treated after drinking coconut wine in Philippines

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MANILA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - At least 11 people have been
killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking
coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were
celebrating at a Christmas party, health and local authorities
said on Monday.
The poisoning occurred in Laguna and Quezon, two provinces
south of Manila, and all had consumed lambanog, a drink popular
in provinces and consumed widely during holidays and
celebrations.
Many were admitted to hospitals on the urging of mayor Vener
Munoz in Rizal, Laguna, where the deaths occurred between
Thursday and Sunday.
Two people who had been in critical condition were
improving, he told local radio. The coconut wine that was
consumed had been made in his town, he added.
Blood tests and samples of leftover lambanog would be
collected and analysed on Monday, the Department of Health said.
"All had a sad history of lambanog ingestion," the
department said, referring to those poisoned.
"Some bought for leisure drinking and birthday party, while
others were donated by local officials during their Christmas
party."
Unregulated production and sales of lambanog are common in
the Philippines, and it is often made illegally with dangerous
additives.
The country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
previously warned about the dangerous and prohibited use of
methanol as an additive in home brews.
A year ago, the FDA and police were deployed to locate and
confiscate unregistered lambanog that was being openly sold to
the public, and threatened to prosecute sellers.
Twenty-one people died after consuming lambanog last year,
media reported.


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