As many as 112 drugs and formulations in India, including some commonly used medicines like paracetamol, were found to be Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) by the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) in its monthly report for September, according to Livemint.

This includes 52 samples identified by the Central Drugs Laboratories and 60 samples tested by State Drugs Testing Laboratories.

The development comes less than a month after a fatal cough crisis claimed lives of 24 children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.

They had consumed Coldrif, a locally-made cough syrup that was later found to be adulterated, containing 48.6% Diethylene Glycol (DEG), the report said.

It was also one of the three cough syrups named by the World Health Organization on October 13 in its health adviso

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