Tag: Fourrts (India)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a contamination alert on a sample of cold syrup obtained in Iraq and manufactured by Chennai-based Fourrts (India) Pvt Ltd. The development comes a week after Bloomberg News reported that a bottle of Cold Out syrup purchased at a pharmacy in Baghdad contained 2.1 per cent ethylene glycol, 21 times higher than the prescribed limit. The global news agency said the compound is lethal to humans in small amounts, and played a role in mass child deaths caused by Indian-made cough syrups in...