Pakistan has seized a batch of contaminated propylene glycol solvent that was labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand, the nation’s drug regulatory authority mentioned on Thursday.
Dow Chemical, Thailand, didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail searching for remark.
The transfer comes as authorities have recognized poisonous propylene glycol utilized in cough syrups as a attainable motive for the deaths of greater than 300 youngsters in Indonesia, Gambia and Uzbekistan since 2022. The World Health Organisation has linked the deaths outdoors Indonesia to cough syrups made in India.
“The Regulatory field force has taken possession of a contaminated batch of Propylene Glycol and is investigating the entire supply chain of this batch,” Pakistan’s drug authority mentioned in an alert, ordering the recall from native and export markets of any merchandise manufactured from the identical batch of propylene glycol.
“The batch was labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand,” it mentioned.
“On analysis of a sample by the Central Drug Laboratory in Karachi, an unacceptable level of Ethylene Glycol was found,” which might result in critical well being dangers, the drug authority mentioned.
