The syrup containing levocetirizine dihydrochloride and montelukast sodium has been declared “Not of Standard Quality” (NSQ) by the Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kolkata, after tests detected life-threatening contaminants, including toxic ethylene glycol at levels nearly fifteen times the permissible safety limit. The cough syrup, manufactured by Tridus Remedies based in Bihar’s Vaishali district, is prescribed…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Telangana Administration (DCA) on Saturday (January 10, 2026) has issued an urgent advisory regarding ‘Almont-Kid’ syrup to be given to children. The department has ordered to stop the use of this syrup with immediate effect because a highly poisonous substance named Ethylene Glycol (EG)…
A very serious and shocking case related to children’s health has come to light. Telangana Drug Control Administration (DCA) has issued an order to ban Almont-Kid syrup from being given to children with immediate effect. The department has issued an urgent advisory in this regard and said that a very poisonous chemical called Ethylene Glycol…
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration on Saturday released an urgent advisory directing the immediate discontinuation of Almont-Kid Syrup, a medicine commonly used to treat allergies, hay fever, and asthma in children, after it was allegedly found to be adulterated with the highly toxic substance Ethylene Glycol (EG), as reported by PTI. A notification of the…
