Sake brewing company produces high-concentration alcohol as substitute for disinfection.
Amid the shortage of alcohol for disinfection due to the spread of the new coronavirus, a brewery in Toyama Prefecture has begun to produce and sell high-concentration alcohol that can be used as a substitute.
The brewing company started production of high-concentration ethanol products with an alcohol content of 77 degrees at Wakazuru Sake Brewery in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture, using existing facilities from the 13th.
High-concentration ethanol products are not pharmaceuticals or quasi-drugs like alcohol for disinfection, but contain the same concentration of alcohol, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a notice this month that it could be used for hand disinfection as a substitute. Is out.
Wakatsuru Shuzo plans to produce about 1,000 bottles a week. On the first day of the sale, many people gathered at the directly managed store in Tonami one hour before the start of sales on the 13th, and the planned 50 bottles were sold out immediately.
A man who worked at a Kanazawa-shi company, who said he had bought it for work, said, "I don't sell alcohol for disinfecting anywhere, so it's safe to buy it."
Takahiko Inagaki, director of Wakatsuru Sake Brewery, said, "We started selling products as a brewing company as we thought we could do anything. Talking
Long-established brewing companies in Kochi Prefecture have also begun selling high-concentration ethanol products, but as the situation continues to be sold out and the shortage of alcohol for disinfection continues, attention will be paid to whether the movement to supply alternatives will expand.