![]() McCormick Imitation Rum, 29% alcohol, 29 mL, $3.19.Stop & Shop Pure Vanilla Extract, 35% alcohol, 118 mL, $9.99.McCormick Imitation Vanilla Extract, 13% alcohol, 59 mL, $3.19.The following are some of the alcohol-laden products found in the Stop & Shop off Route 6A in Sandwich: It is not fit for human consumption and can cause blindness and death. ![]() Isopropyl alcohol, which is used to make rubbing alcohol, is also found in stores. Vanilla extract contains ethyl alcohol, which is the same kind of alcohol in beverages such as beer. Most are used in solvents, pharmaceuticals and other chemical products. There are more than a dozen different types of alcohol. With the lack of information, little is known about the scope of the problem, she said. "It's nasty," he said.Ī spokeswoman for the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services said there is no data on cases of people drinking vanilla extract and similar alcohol-laden products. Byrne said he is concerned about children drinking vanilla extract and other alcohol-laden supermarket products. The Sandwich officer added he had also seen a woman drinking mouth wash several years ago. He said the situation was worse when package stores were closed on Sundays and alcoholics would go through withdrawal symptoms.īyrne said he met his wife for lunch in his marked cruiser not too long ago and saw a man in business attire swilling vanilla extract in his car. Sweeney has also seen people drink mouthwash and aftershave in search of an alcohol buzz. Sweeney said the man, whom he declined to identify, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting vanilla extract. The 35-percent alcohol content of most vanilla extracts dwarfs the average beer's alcohol content, which ranges from 4 to 6 percent.Īfter more than three decades in police work, Sweeney said he has seen some sad cases of alcoholics drinking unusual things to get their fix, including a 40-year-old Hyannis man who was placed in protective custody at least four times after being found incapacitated near the Barnstable Stop & Shop. Thieves apparently target the nip-sized vanilla extract bottles for reasons including their size, affordable price, relatively high alcohol content, and ease of access compared to alcohol in package stores. It would make you sick unless you're used to some bizarre stuff." "It's on the rare side," Sweeney said of those who abuse the products. Sean Sweeney said of the products' alcohol content. "Some of them are pretty high - content wise," Barnstable police Sgt. Luckily, most people are deterred by the health risks, which can include alcohol poisoning, blindness, and death in extreme cases. It would be nearly impossible for supermarkets to remove all products containing alcohol from the stores, Sandwich police Officer Dennis Byrne said. But they said they would follow the Sandwich business' lead if necessary.Īccording to police, everyone from young children to alcoholics have been abusing vanilla extract or similar off-the-shelf products, mostly when alcohol is not accessible to them or when they don't want to admit they have a problem. Other Cape supermarket chains said thefts of the product have not been a problem. The Quaker Meetinghouse Road location is the only Stop & Shop supermarket on the Cape to remove the product from the baking aisle and put it behind the counter, he said. The product, which is, in some instances, the same proof as whiskeys and vodkas, was recently removed from the shelves after workers reported finding empty bottles stashed around the store, Stop & Shop spokesman Rob Keane said yesterday. SANDWICH - If you've been to the Stop & Shop at 71 Quaker Meetinghouse Road for vanilla extract or its imitation for your cookies and cakes, you are not alone in having trouble finding it in the baking aisle.
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