India, Oct. 3 -- Drug control officials have found no trace of contaminants in samples of cough syrup collected after the death of at least nine children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.

Laboratory tests found no presence of Diethylene Glycol (DEG) or Ethylene Glycol (EG) - toxic substances known to cause kidney injury. "As per the test results, none of the samples contained DEG or EG contaminants," the ministry said in a statement.

A joint central team comprising experts from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Institute of Virology (NIV), Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), and other agencies visited Chhindwara and collected various samples ...