Probe after China distillers add Viagra to liquor

Chinese police are investigating if two distillers in the south-western region of Guangxi added impotence treatment drug Viagra to their liquor in the latest food-safety scare in China.

The Liuzhou Food and Drug Administration said that it found that the Guikun Alcohol Plant and the Deshun Alcohol Plant in Guangxi’s Liuzhou city were putting Sildenafil, more commonly known in the west as Viagra, into three of their baijiu products.

Baijiu is a fiery grain liquor that commands high prices in China.