Bottles of fake vodka found in Scots shop after customer 'smells nail varnish'

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Bottles of fake vodka found in Scots shop after customer 'smells nail varnish'
CumbernauldNorth Lanarkshire Council
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Over 40 bottles of counterfeit vodka, fraudulently labelled as Glen’s, were taken from the shelves of the premises.

Dozens of counterfeit bottles of vodka have been retrieved from a Scots shop after a customer reported "smelling nail varnish".

North Lanarkshire Council's environmental health officers and Food Standard Scotland quickly moved in to remove the product from the shelves. The bottles were then sent away for analysis, where they were discovered to be illicit. Ron McNaughton, Head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit at FSS, said: “Drinking these types of products presents a huge risk to health. The labelling, the look of the packaging and the smell can suggest something’s not right.

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