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“Mexican tequila makers say they are battling a surge of knockoffs as distillers worldwide try to profit off the drink’s growing popularity.
The imitators range from sugarcane moonshine made in Mexican garages to quality spirits made from agave plants in South Africa, Mexico’s Tequila Regulatory Council says. It says it is mobilizing lawyers to defend tequila’s good name.
“In the last six years, we have begun detecting more cases,” said Floriberto Miguel Cruz, chief of the council’s quality-control department. “This endangers the consumer, the product and the image of the country.” “*
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