New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Drug control officials have found traces of Diethylene Glycol (DEG) beyond the permissible limits from the samples of the Coldrif Cough Syrup sent to it by the Tamil Nadu FDA, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

"At the request of the MP Govt, Tamil Nadu FDA had taken samples of Coldrif Cough Syrup from the manufacturing premises of M/S Sresan Pharma in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. The results of testing these samples were shared with us late yesterday evening, 3rd September 2025. The samples are found to contain DEG beyond the permissible limit," it said.

This comes after at least nine children died of kidney failure following consumption of the cough syrups in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara. Two c...