Food Alert For Action: Consumers and Food Businesses who have purchased Glen’s Vodka (35cl)

Check your pack

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you see any Glen’s vodka that has no laser etched lot code applied to the bottle between the rear label and the base of the bottle as indicated in the PDF attachment above do not buy it.
2. Vodka contaminated by isopropyl alcohol has a strong odour so if the vodka smells differently do not drink it.
3. Instead, store it in a safe place and report it to your Local Authority for further instruction and advice. If anyone has any information on the manufacture or sale of counterfeit alcohol, then please contact our freephone confidential National Food Crime Unit hotline: 0800 028 1180.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Isopropyl alcohol is toxic and not suitable for human consumption.

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, intoxication, respiratory depression and coma. Cardiovascular collapse is also possible. Anyone with symptoms should seek medical attention.

Details from the notice

The FSA has been made aware of the production and distribution of counterfeit vodka labelled as Glen’s Vodka. The counterfeit vodka may have a strange smell and taste differently to genuine vodka.

Products sampled were found to contain isopropyl alcohol, so they are unsafe. Isopropyl alcohol is an industrial solvent and is not intended for human consumption. Consumption of isopropyl alcohol can quickly lead to alcohol poisoning, and in severe cases death.

Information is provided below to help consumers and businesses identify affected vodka. The FSA has today issued a food alert for action notice to local authorities, requesting them to identify and visit relevant establishments in their area to check for counterfeit products and make businesses aware of the issue.

A Food Alert for Action asks local authorities and businesses to take specific action, usually because the problem is serious or widespread.