The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will direct the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take strict action against the makers of Coldrif syrup under the most serious offences, following the deaths of nine children allegedly due to consumption of contaminated cough syrups, official sources told news agency ANI .

The Union Health Secretary will convene a video conference with principal secretaries, health secretaries, and drug controllers from all states and Union Territories to discuss the rational use of cough syrups and drug quality, sources added.

The CDSCO has launched risk-based inspections of drug manufacturing units in six states -- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra -- after collecting 19 sampl

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