Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup
- June 29, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup
Subject :Science and technology
Section :Health
Context: The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Details:
The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient — propylene glycol (PG) — from trader Maya Chemtech India.
Maya did not have a licence to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials and “dealt in industrial-grade only,”
Various sources said the syrup was made with industrial-grade PG, a toxic material widely used in liquid detergents, antifreeze, paints or coatings, and to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides.
They were supposed to take Indian Pharmacopoeia-grade which is national standards for the composition of pharmaceutical products.