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Centre makes U-turn on cough syrup; MP, Rajasthan, TN ban it
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|October 05, 2025
HOURS after denying that controversial cough syrup Coldrif, which led to deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, did not contain industrial chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), the Union Health Ministry on Saturday made a U-turn and confirmed its presence based on a report of Tamil Nadu’s Food and Drug Administration department.
The Ministry’s earlier denial followed a clearance from the Madhya Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which had then stated that no DEG was found in the syrup.
After the confirmation on Saturday, Tamil Nadu was the first to ban Coldrif cough syrup, followed by MP and Kerala.
This story is from the October 05, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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