Chandigarh: The Punjab government has taken swift action to ban the sale, distribution, and use of Coldrif cough syrup following the tragic deaths of 14 children in Madhya Pradesh. The children’s deaths were reportedly caused by consuming the contaminated medicine.

In an official order issued on Monday, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Punjab government confirmed “it has come to the notice of this office that Coldrif syrup has been declared as “not of standard quality” by the government analyst, drugs testing laboratory, and FDA, Madhya Pradesh.

The drug's batch number is SR-13, manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceutical, Bangalore Highways, Sunguvarchatram (Mathura), Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.

“The aforementioned drug formulation is reported to be adulterated, as it contain

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