The 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal was an incident in which several Austrian wineries were found to be illegally adulterating their wines using the toxic substance diethylene glycol to m
Ripe grapes affected by noble rot, a type of fungal mold which grows on grapes and results in a very sweet and concentrated wine when processed.
Heiner Geißler was the German minister for health in 1985. His ministry issued health warnings for Austrian wines and a blacklist with all wines found to contain diethylene glycol.
A mandatory numbered seal on all Austrian wine bottles at Qualitätswein level was one of the measures introduced in the 1985 Austrian wine law.
The Federal Administrative Court of Germany, then still located in Berlin, ruled against bottling firm Pieroth and upheld the legality of the list.
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Elixir sulfanilamide was an improperly prepared sulfonamide antibiotic that caused mass poisoning in the United States in 1937. It is believed to have killed 107 people. The public outcry caused by th
1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal
…otherwise used as an industrial chemical. Adulteration of products with DEG has led to thousands of deaths worldwide since the first recorded case: the Elixir sulfanilamide incident in 1937. DEG was commonly misconceived of as being ethylene glycol, which is what is commonly understood as antifreeze, and is more toxic. Most of the…
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