India, Oct. 9 -- Tamil Nadu's health minister M. Subramanian on Thursday accused the union and Madhya Pradesh governments of not taking action after being informed that the cough syrup Coldrif was found to be contaminated with a toxic substance.

"After Madhya Pradesh wrote to us on October 1, Tamil Nadu immediately investigated, found contamination and informed Madhya Pradesh, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the states of Odisha and Puducherry. But Madhya Pradesh and the Union government left it, saying that there was nothing wrong with this medicine (Coldrif). But we confirmed how much contamination is present in the medicine and we issued a 'stop production' order on October 3," Subramanian said.

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