Drug control officers found traces of diethylene glycol (DEG) beyond the permissible limits from the samples of the Kašl Colldrif syrup, which was sent to him on Saturday by Tamil FDA.
“At the request of MP Govta, Tamil took the FDA samples of coughing Colldrif from the production space M/S Sresan Pharma in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. The results of testing these samples were shared with us last night.
This comes after at least nine children died of kidney failure after eating cough syrups in Chhindware Madhya Pradesh. Two children also lost their lives in Rajasthan.
The Ministry of Health also reported that it was found that six samples of CDSCO were not without diethylene glycol (DEG) or ethylene glycol (EG).
“At the same time, MPFDA reported that out of the 13 samples taken by their team, 3 were analyzed, which were found to be simple DEG/, for example, inspections based on risks in the production areas of all 19 drugs that have been sampled in 6 countries,” he said.
Multidisciplinary team of NIV, ICMR-Neeri, CDSCO and AIIMS, NAGPUR experts, among other things, still analyzes different samples and factors to assess the cause of death in Chhindware, Madhya Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu forbade syrup cough Coldriff
The Tamil Nadu government forbade Cough Colldrif after associated with the death of 11 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and ordered its removal from the markets.
With effect from 1 October, the sale of coughs produced by a city company was banned in Tamil Nadu, the clerk department and drug administration were said.
The inspections were carried out in the production facility of the pharmaceutical company in Sunguvarchathram in the neighboring district of Kancheepuram over the last two days and have been collected samples, he said.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health of the Union issued advice on all countries and trade unions that should be prescribed to children under 2 years.
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