'Millions of people allegedly poisoned by brewery in the Philippines.' Manila

Peter Rivera from Philippines (Contact Member) -

Despite complaints, filed by consumers to the appropriate Government Agencies, the Philippines largest drinks manufacturer allegedly keeps on poisoning its national and international clientele. Established in 1890 as a brewery, the company is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 15, 000 employees in more than 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific.

Allegedly about 50 percent of the bottle caps, used by the company to close their light beer and other drinks, are rusted. The problem mainly occurs after cooling the drinks. Consumption of rust can cause kidney and liver problems. The probability of not reaching the age of 40 in the Philippines is 8.9 percent, which is a much higher percentage compared to other countries like China, Singapore and South Korea. This is partly due to a relatively high number of kidney and liver diseases, many of which may be traced back to consumption of rust.

The prevalence of kidney diseases in the Philippines has been in an increasing trend, especially the end-stage renal disease (ERSD) as reported in the Philippine Renal Disease Registry (PRDR) in 2007. The rate of death due to end-stage renal disease has been in the top ten list of the mortality of the Department of Health (DOH - 2007). Reliable estimates reveal that the number of these patients might double in 2010. The number of patients in the Philippines with liver diseases is rapidly increasing as well.

The company carries the brand names of some of the most formidable players in the Philippine food and beverage industry. The company's flagship product, beer, is one of the largest selling beers and among the top 15 beer brands in the world. The Company's manufacturing operations extend beyond its home market to Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia and its products are exported to 60 markets around the world.

According to law firms, the brewery violates the Consumer Act of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7394 regulates among others the protection of consumers against hazardous drinks.

• Watch Out ! Poison Beer !

Comment #1 grace (124.107.71.204) -

have the department of health done some actions about this???

this message must be spread to hinder this situation especially in this season, , , people in the philippiness celebrates the christmas season and Filipino cant celebrate without this beer!!!

Comment #2 Edgar (63.176.159.182) -

Are the bottle caps placed on the bottles already rusted? If so, that's a huge mistake by this company. But could the caps rust after the bottles are given to the distributors? If that's the case, maybe the vendors need to do something about it.

Comment #3 cespeta (63.176.159.37) -

What particular beer is that and what particular brewery is producing the alleged contaminated beers? Let the public know, anyway you said that it's "alleged".

Comment #4 Jaime Jones (63.176.159.19) - 01/11/10 05:08

Well, Peter, thanks! Next time I´m in Manila I will avoid the beer, or buy foreign beer. Something about this intrigues me! What about the material the cans are made from. I understood they were made from aluminium, and aluminium won´t rust, so! Maybe I am completely wrong, can somebody adjust my notions on this? I would appreciate being corrected.

If true, however, this is a great crime againt a great nation, and others because that stuff is exported.

They are gradually killing loads of people. Then, gents, it wasn´t the alcohol in the beer dragging people under, but the rusty cans.

If it doesn´t get you one way, it get get you the other.

Good luck and cheers!

Comment #5 Armand (63.176.159.204) - 02/07/10 08:15

Woah! That was shocking yet informative. My uncle owned a small store over at their neighborhood and I often drink soda and other bottled beverages back in the days. I often notice a small patch of rust forming at the mouth of these bottled softdrinks which I considered back then as normal. This is probably why this article came to a shock to me as this may probably more fatal than I thought it would be. I usually clean the area around the bottle with rust with a piece of cloth or tissue then drink from that same rusted bottle area.

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