Rwanda’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has closed eight local spirits distilleries for producing substandard and illicit alcoholic products, which authorities attribute to the deaths of more than 50 people in the first half of this year.
According to the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), 50 owners of such businesses have also been arrested, while others are on the run for violating the standards set by the authority. A total of 38 specified spirits have also been banned from the market, with consumers warned not to buy or partake.
