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Saturday, September 29, 1973
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN PURCHASING LIQUOR
Officers of the Preventive Service have seized 813 bottles of
adulterated European liquor made up of various types and brands and
found in various sizes, quarts, pints, half pints and even minaturos during
the past three months.
A spokesman for the Preventive Service said: This type of
illegal activity is likely to become more prevalent with the advent of
cooler weather and members of the public are advised to exercise caution
when purchasing liquor."
He said that experience had shown that adulterated liquor contains
a proportion of the genuine brand but adulterated for the most part with
cheaper and inferior brands.
Subtitution and sealing is usually done in a clever manner and
the false product is not easily recognised from the genuine article.
The spokesman said: "Adulterated liquor is invariably contained
in genuine bottles obtained from various sources and the lead seals, having
been expertly removed and replaced after the adulterating of the liquor,are also,
for the most part, genuine.
"Nevertheless, in some cases, labels are counterfeit and this
is particularly true where lead seals are used.
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