Yesenia Amaro and Kong Meta

 

Phnom Penh is home to almost 200 producers, distributors and vendors of rice wine, none of whom are licensed, a city official acknowledged yesterday, prompting one local NGO to call on the government to do its job in controlling such businesses.

 

City Hall announced early this year that it would be conducting a census of all rice wine producers and sellers following a spate of incidents in other provinces and an “unexpected” jump in rice-wine-related poisonings in 2015. Such incidents have stayed in the headlines, however, with methanol-tainted wine blamed for more than a dozen deaths in Kampong Chhnang province in recent weeks.

 

Municipal spokesman Met Measpheakdey said yesterday that the city’s survey had been completed, and that there are 199 businesses making and selling rice wine, as well as other locally produced wine made with other ingredients. Of that total, 39 businesses were producers, 80 were distributors, 23 were both producers and distributors, and 44 were retailers.

 

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Is there not a quick and easy test that can be done to ensure alcohol sold for consumtion doesn't contain methanol?

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Is there not a quick and easy test that can be done to ensure alcohol sold for consumtion doesn't contain methanol?

Well there should be if you can test pea in a jar for drugs in less than 5 minutes, or being pregnant.