In the weirdest Chinese booze scandal to date, Beijing police officials are investigating two distilleries accused for lacing their alcohol with Viagra. According to Reuters,
Baijiu, for those that aren’t familiar, is a luxury Chinese liquor famous for its high alcohol content that ranges between 80 and 120 proof.
Chinese officials have confiscated over 5,000 bottles of the suspect alcohol, along with 1,124 kg (2478 lbs) of a powder labeled Sildenafil (aka Viagra) worth over 700,000 yuan ($112,726 USD).
Chinese police confiscate over 5,000 bottles of ‘Viagra liquor’ worth almost $113K http://t.co/V0qb0NpQ0V pic.twitter.com/A4b8YXBcp2
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Erection-causing booze is a serious public safety hazard. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first food- or drink-related health scare to go down in China. Earlier this year, police found 100,000 tons of rotting, fake meat that was smuggled into the country, and in 2013, 22 tons of fake beef were seized by authorities.
[via Reuters]