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The Routine Lab Test That Exposed Diethylene Glycol and Toppled an Industry
A Stuttgart lab finds antifreeze in a bottle of Austrian Beerenauslese-how did that expose the wine trade and everyone who supplied it?
The Routine Lab Test That Exposed Diethylene Glycol and Toppled an Industry
In this episode, we follow the chain from a single bottle pulled from a Stuttgart supermarket shelf to the industry-wide shock it triggered. You’ll hear how commercial contracts, a failed harvest, and one chemist’s formula intersected to create a problem that routine testing finally uncovered.
Person: Otto Nadrasky
Date: summer of 1985
Location: Stuttgart, West Germany
Product: 1981…
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