The Puducherry government has become the latest to ban Coldrif Syrup after alarming reports of diethylene glycol (DEG) contamination — a toxic industrial chemical linked to kidney failure and death. The Department of Drugs Control, Puducherry, in an order dated October 6, prohibited the purchase, sale, and distribution of the drug “with immediate effect," citing a drug alert from Tamil Nadu’s regulator that found the syrup batch adulterated with DEG.

The directive, accessed by News18, warns that the contaminated batch manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceutical, Kancheepuram district, “is known to cause severe poisoning, kidney failure, and even death." Officials have also directed that sales of similar formulations be tightly monitored, with licenses liable for suspension if prescriptions or r

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