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- 25 people in Costa Rica have died after drinking tainted alcohol, according to Food Safety News.
- Bootleg alcohol poses a major risk to the public, especially in regions lacking strong regulatory oversight.
- But, according to Carnegie Mellon professor Sridhar Tayur, counterfeit booze can also be slipped into perfectly legitimate supply chains.
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Costa Rica has been hit with a wave of methanol poisoning linked to adulterated alcohol, according to a report from Food Safety News.
The death toll stands at 25 so far, while 59 victims have been hospitalized. Costa Rican authorities have responded to the poisonings by shutting down a number of businesses and rounding up 55,000 containers of potentially tainted alcohol. The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking released a report estimating that illicit alcohol made up 19% of total alcohol in Costa Rica.
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