In Russia, the number of deaths from poisoning with alcoholic beverages under the brand “Mr. Cider” is increasing. 18 people died in the Ulyanovsk region, seven in Samara, two in Nizhny Novgorod and one in Udmurtia. Russian media collected the latest poisoning data.
In the Ulyanovsk region, 51 cases of alcohol poisoning were detected in three days, 18 people died, reported in the telegram channel of the regional Ministry of Health. The victims are in serious and moderate condition. A toxicologist from the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) has arrived in the area.
According to preliminary data, no high methanol content was found in cider samples from the Ulyanovsk region. On this subject reported Elena Dubovitskaya, head of the Rospotrebnadzor regional department, at a meeting at the government headquarters. At the same time, the sellers did not have documents on the quality and safety of the drink.
Examinations revealed life-threatening impurities of methanol and ethyl butyrate in seized alcoholic beverages, transmits TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Interior of the region.
Death toll rises to seven in Samara region said “Interfax” in the press service of the regional government. 13 patients are under medical supervision. On the morning of June 6, the region’s Ministry of Health informed concerning the hospitalization of 14 people, 11 of whom were in serious condition.
Six cases of cider poisoning were recorded in the Nizhny Novgorod region, two people died, informed Rospotrebnadzor regional department. By words Governor Gleb Nikitin, methanol was found in the blood of the victims.
In Udmurtia, a 20-year-old boy died, hospitalized the day before in critical condition, writing Elvira Pinchuk, vice-president of the government of the region, on her Telegram channel. An injured woman remains in hospital in critical condition.
“Lab studies confirmed that both were poisoned with methanol,” Pinchuk said.
In the Penza region, three young girls aged 17 and 18 were hospitalized with signs of poisoning, informed regional department of the commission of inquiry. According to the agency, they all bought alcohol from the outlets of the same network. Police officers in Penza checked about 600 stores and seized more than 1.7 thousand liters of cider, said on the website of the General Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior of the region.
Dangerous “cider”
“Mr. Cider” brand drinks found in Chelyabinsk region And Perm region . In Moscow, Rospotrebnadzor checks outlets for dangerous products. Desk urged Muscovites should not drink “Mr. Cider” drinks and report cases of their discovery.
By words According to a TASS source close to Rosalkogolregulirovanie, the alcohol that poisoned the inhabitants of the Volga regions was in illegal circulation, that is, it was not included in the unified automated information system of the state to register the production volume and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products (EGAIS).
How writing shot telegram channel, four people were arrested in a poisoning case – the founder of the manufacturing company, an entrepreneur from Samara “Andi” Anar Huseynov, managers Anton Frolov and Ramil Aslanov, involved in the sale of cider , and chief accountant Polina Uskova.
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