Maharashtra FDA flags Coldrif syrup batch linked to child deathsMaharashtra FDA urged people to stop using Coldrif syrup batch SR-13. This follows child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Tamil Nadu...
06 Oct, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
Cough syrup row: FIR filed against arrested doctor, manufacturerPolice arrested a doctor and charged a manufacturer after 14 children died in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, due to a 'toxic' cough syrup. The...
05 Oct, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
Telangana issues 'public alert' on Coldrif syrup after child deaths in MP, RajasthanTelangana's Drugs Control Administration issued a 'stop use notice' for Coldrif cough syrup (Batch No. SR-13) following alleged child death...
04 Oct, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Tests samples of cough syrup found to be 'adulterated': Tamil Nadu Food Safety deptTest samples of cough syrup from a Chennai-based firm were found adulterated, prompting officials to halt production and seek an explanatio...
04 Oct, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
Cough syrup case: Marion Biotech licence cancelledThe decision to cancel the licence was taken after the Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh, which tested the samples of th...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
UP drug controller cancels license of Marion Biotech in cough syrup adulterationThe UP Drug Controller has cancelled the license of Marion Biotech, the Noida-based manufacturer of the alleged contaminated cough syrup, l...
22 Mar, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
Probe into Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: 3 employees of Noida-based Marion Biotech arrestedThe arrests come after an FIR was lodged late Thursday night against five officials of Marion Biotech, including two of its directors, over...
03 Mar, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
India needs a national drug recall law without further delay. Here's whyThe syrup was found by WHO to be adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol. Such adulteration is not uncommon in India. ...
07 Oct, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
Honey adulterant import from China may be curbed“Large quantity of high fructose syrup is imported from China and is widely being sold in the market, used for adulteration with honey, as ...
17 Dec, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Centre for Science & Environment refutes statement issued by Chinese co on sugar exportsCSE says that its investigators wrote to Wuhu Deli seeking syrups that could bypass the honey specifications as mandated by the Food Safety...
08 Dec, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
Environmental watchdog CSE provides FSSAI details of honey adulteration investigationCSE Director General Sunita Narain emphasised that the investigations had revealed that the honey adulteration business was sophisticated a...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
FSSAI seeks details of CSE tests on honey; questions body for not conducting SMR testStating that it has taken note of the CSE investigation on adulteration in honey, FSSAI said it had already made SMR test mandatory as it i...
03 Dec, 2020, 09.37 PM IST
CSE alleges ten popular honey brands including Dabur, Patanjali and Zandu are adulterated; brands deny reportHoney brands from Dabur, Emami, Patanjali and Apis have been posting record double digit growth in the June and September quarters, with co...
03 Dec, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Chinese syrup in honey? Check before you buyThe probe by CSE, a public interest research and advocacy group, revealed that 17 out of the 22 honey brands tested had high content of sug...
03 Dec, 2020, 10.10 AM IST
Dabur, Patanjali question study on honey sold in domestic marketOn Wednesday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed honey sold by several major brands in India has been found adulterated w...
02 Dec, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
Death of Jammu children: Test confirms syrup was adulteratedThe state drug authorities of Haryana and Himachal have filed an FIR against the partners and technical staff responsible for manufacturing...
06 Mar, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
Honey prices down to Rs 75/kg on steady growth in domestic outputDabur, which is the market leader in packaged honey, said prices have been low for the past few month now.
01 Sep, 2016, 04.48 AM IST