• The 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal (German: Glykolwein-Skandal) was an incident in which several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated...
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    Diethylene glycol (DEG) is an organic compound with the formula (HOCH2CH2)2O. It is a colorless, practically odorless, and hygroscopic liquid with a sweetish...
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    "antifreeze scandal" of 1985, when it was revealed that some wine brokers had been adulterating their wines with diethylene glycol. The scandal destroyed...
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    Elixir sulfanilamide (category Medical scandals in the United States)
    United States List of medicine contamination incidents 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal Ballentine, Carol (June 1981). "Sulfanilamide Disaster"...
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    (generally recognized as safe) status by the US-FDA in 1985" Eskin et al. 2020, p. 5: "In 1985, canola received Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status...
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    to wine in order to avoid some of the scandals that have plagued certain wine producing countries in the 20th century. In 1985, diethylene glycol was...
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    quality of its dry Riesling and Grüner Veltliner. Then the 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal, caused by producers outside the Wachau, gained international...
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    Temple University Press. pp. 288. ISBN 978-1566398602. Barkan, I. D. (January 1985). "Industry invites regulation: the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act...
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    attention include: The 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal, in which diethylene glycol was used as a sweetener in some Austrian wines. In 1986, methanol (a...
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  • its utility. The 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal was an incident in which several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated their wines using the toxic...
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    Spätlese (category Austrian wine)
    category in the wake of the 1985 diethylene glycol scandal in order to concentrate more on dry wines, Spätlese wines are much less common than in Germany...
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    incidents are rare but New Zealand was implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal. Fonterra, New Zealand's largest dairy company, had a 43% stake in one...
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    Fred Sinowatz (category Austrian people of Croatian descent)
    been successful. It was overshadowed by the 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal, a construction scandal and bribery affair concerning the new Vienna...
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  • Food safety in Australia (category Food safety scandals)
    Toxic oil syndrome 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal United Kingdom BSE outbreak Australian meat substitution scandal Jack in the Box E. coli...
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    the 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal, several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated their wines using the toxic substance diethylene glycol to make...
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    Esing Bakery incident (category Political scandals in Hong Kong)
    Bakery incident, also known as the Ah Lum affair, was a food contamination scandal in the early history of British Hong Kong. On 15 January 1857, during the...
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  • Food Safety News (category Food safety scandals)
    Toxic oil syndrome 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal United Kingdom BSE outbreak Australian meat substitution scandal Jack in the Box E. coli...
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  • List of food contamination incidents (category Food safety scandals)
    watermelon sales. 1985 – Adulteration of Austrian wines with diethylene glycol. 1986 – Adulteration of Italian wines with ethylene glycol killed more than...
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