Note from Herts County Council

Bottles of booze containing industrial solvent have been seized by Hertfordshire Trading Standards.

The bottles, labelled as Drop Vodka, were being sold from an off licence in Potters Bar.

Hertfordshire Trading Standards received a complaint from a consumer who felt ill after consuming the product. Officers seized all remaining stock from the store and submitted a bottle to the public analyst.

The analysis revealed that the product contained propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol) at 2g per 100ml of the spirit. Propan-2-ol is a common industrial solvent widely used as a cleaning fluid, and may be used in aerosol windscreen de-icers and in diluted form in car washer bottles. It is not a normal component of vodka.