Haryana: Barely weeks after the ColdRif - linked child deaths in Madhya Pradesh shocked the nation, Haryana has issued a public health alert over another cough syrup formulation in which diethylene glycol (DEG) impurity was detected above permissible limits.

Health Minister Arti Singh Rao said on Saturday that the cough syrup formulation -- "Planokuf D" syrup containing cetirizine hydrochloride, phenylephrine hydrochloride and dextromethorphan hydrobromide, and manufactured by Shreya Lifesciences Private Limited -- has been found to contain DEG impurity beyond permissible limits.

The warning came after the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Haryana received an official communication from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's (CDSCO) sub-zonal office in Guwahati . The aff

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