“We’re losing big [due to] this year’s lambanog issue,” Joselito Mallari, owner of Mallari Distillery in Tayabas City, told the Inquirer. Based on recent news reports, the same toxic methanol from fake lambanog is again [blamed for the latest deaths],” Mallari said. ADVERTISEMENTInvestigators traced the origin of the toxic lambanog to a coconut wine producer in San Juan town, Batangas province. But Mallari feared that if the controversy from the toxic lambanog would not die down, this would consequently affect their brand. Personnel of city and town police stations in Quezon inspected wine stores in their respective areas and confiscated containers of lambanog that had not been certified by the FDA.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 31, 2019 21:00 UTC