A man in Spain died after drinking what looked like wine.
I never throw back a full glass of wine. Take a tiny sip first. You usually sniff wine to get the aroma. As for decanted wine - I ask what kind of wine it is - I ask to see the bottle.
Not the first time a decanted poison or re-used bottle have caused trouble.
A child in a restaurant drank what looked like water poured from a water jug. The cleaner had emptied cleaning liquid from a large heavy bottle into a small water jug. Somebody else picked up the jug and put it on a table.
Another instance was a wine or whisky bottle found in a daed man's garage. It was donated to a raffle. The winning couple drank from the bottle. One died and the other went blind.
I once drank coffee maker cleaner which was in a glass or jug. I went to hospital, after asking the local pharmacist what to do.
How can you prevent this kind of accident?
1 Never put poisons in a jar labelled with a food or drink label. Remove the label first.
2 Always re-label the bottle with POISON and the substance.
3 Store all poisons in the cleaning cupboard.
4 Manufacturers of food and drink should have a label saying if re-using this jar/bottle - all food/drink label to be removed; poisonous substances must be labelled poison; must stored in cupboard of cleaning materials and clearly marked poison not for drinking or eating.
Large bottles of poison should be labelled with warning about not decanting.
5 Warning signs should be printed and displayed in kitchens. Three warnings: one on board, one on drinks cupboard, one for cleaning materials cupboard, plus notification of the Act and the large Fine.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3126310/Drinker-dies-burns-windpipe-stomach-Spanish-cafe-accidentally-serves-detergent-stored-white-wine-bottle.html
I never throw back a full glass of wine. Take a tiny sip first. You usually sniff wine to get the aroma. As for decanted wine - I ask what kind of wine it is - I ask to see the bottle.
Not the first time a decanted poison or re-used bottle have caused trouble.
A child in a restaurant drank what looked like water poured from a water jug. The cleaner had emptied cleaning liquid from a large heavy bottle into a small water jug. Somebody else picked up the jug and put it on a table.
Another instance was a wine or whisky bottle found in a daed man's garage. It was donated to a raffle. The winning couple drank from the bottle. One died and the other went blind.
I once drank coffee maker cleaner which was in a glass or jug. I went to hospital, after asking the local pharmacist what to do.
How can you prevent this kind of accident?
1 Never put poisons in a jar labelled with a food or drink label. Remove the label first.
2 Always re-label the bottle with POISON and the substance.
3 Store all poisons in the cleaning cupboard.
4 Manufacturers of food and drink should have a label saying if re-using this jar/bottle - all food/drink label to be removed; poisonous substances must be labelled poison; must stored in cupboard of cleaning materials and clearly marked poison not for drinking or eating.
Large bottles of poison should be labelled with warning about not decanting.
5 Warning signs should be printed and displayed in kitchens. Three warnings: one on board, one on drinks cupboard, one for cleaning materials cupboard, plus notification of the Act and the large Fine.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3126310/Drinker-dies-burns-windpipe-stomach-Spanish-cafe-accidentally-serves-detergent-stored-white-wine-bottle.html
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