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Cough Syrup Deaths Overseas Prompt US Crackdown

The FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups.

Cough Syrup Deaths Overseas Prompts US Crackdown on Toxic Testing

Cough syrup deaths overseas prompts US crackdown on toxic testing

The U.S. FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups, a Reuters review of regulatory alerts found. The Food and Drug Administration has reprimanded at least 28 companies this year, saying they failed to prove sufficient testing of ingredients used in over-the-counter drugs and consumer products for the toxins ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG), according to a Reuters analysis of agency import alerts and warning letters to manufacturers.

Cough syrup deaths in other countries spin US into action against lax toxic testing

The FDA says it has no indication products contaminated with DEG and EG have entered the US supply chain

Cough syrup deaths overseas prompt US crackdown on toxic testing By Reuters