In wake of 14 child deaths in Madhya Pradesh, allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrup, Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday that Coldrif cough syrup has not been supplied to the state. Authorities have also issued directives to prohibit the sale of the affected batches of two other cough syrups, in case the stock is found locally.

Ghane said that there was no supply of Coldrif cough syrup in the state, which was found to contain the toxic Diethylene Glycol from the Tamil Nadu based company. “We have also sent our field inspectors to check if the batches of two other cough syrup formulations declared substandard by the government, are in supply in the state. These are from a firm in Gujarat and strict instructions have been issued to prohibit the stock if

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