KUALA LUMPUR: The Kingfisher brand beer manufacturer today said laboratory tests confirmed that its product was methanol-free.
United Breweries Group adviser S Chandran said that tests on the beer samples conducted at the chemical laboratory in India on Sept 20 confirmed that they were 100% methanol-free.
The tests were carried out in India because the beer brand originated from there.
“The news going viral on social media that the beer (Kingfisher) contains methanol is affecting the market.
“This is not true at all. Now Kingfisher’s sales in foreign countries like Singapore and Japan are also affected and we have incurred huge losses due to the case going viral,” he said here today.
Chandran said the test results had been submitted to the health ministry yesterday.
“I will also lodge a police report on the matter in the near future,” he said.
The latest number of deaths from toxic alcohol poisoning nationwide remains at 36 to date with 24 cases in Selangor, nine in Kuala Lumpur and three in Perak.
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