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General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression officials checking poisoning case in Kampong Trach District, Kampot on July 4, 2021. CCF
Nine die of ‘wine poisoning’
Sun, 4 July 2021
Nine people died on July 4 and 12 others were hospitalised after drinking rice and herbal wines in Svay Tong Khang Tbong commune’s Koh Chhwang village of Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district, according to the General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF).
CCF’s press release on July 4 stated that it had been determined that there were nine people who had died, while 12 more people were taken to Damnak Chang Eur hospital and Kampong Trach referral hospital for emergency treatment.
The Ministry of Commerce’s General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) has called on consumers to remain vigilant before buying rice wine for consumption.
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Villagers receive cares after being hospitalised for wine poisoning in Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district. Facebook
Methanol linked to string of wine deaths in Kampot
Thu, 27 May 2021
The Ministry of Health announced on May 25 that test results from wine taken from Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district revealed high levels of methanol.
“Six of the 11 samples contained methanol levels of 0.2 to 11.9 per cent. Any amount above 0.1 per cent is toxic,” the ministry said.
The ministry stated that the results revealed the cause of death and illness from May 21 to 24 in Thnung village of Russey Srok Kang Koeut commune and in Kngab village of Svay Tong Kaang Choeung commune of the district after villagers had drunk the wine.