{"id":233790,"date":"2026-01-15T01:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233790\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:55:34","slug":"telangana-bans-almont-kid-syrup-after-alert-from-cdsco-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233790\/","title":{"rendered":"Telangana bans Almont-Kid Syrup after alert from CDSCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Represenational-Image-of-cough-syrup.jpg\" alt=\"Representational Image of cough syrup\" is_main_img=\"1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image sp-no-webp\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>   Representational Image    <\/p>\n<p>Hyderabad: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration on Saturday issued an urgent advisory to immediately stop the use of Almont-Kid Syrup, commonly prescribed to treat allergies, hay fever, and asthma in children, as it was allegedly found adulterated with Ethylene Glycol (EG), a highly toxic substance.<\/p>\n<p>A notification of the DCA said it received an alert from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), East Zone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/kolkata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kolkata<\/a>, regarding a laboratory report that has declared the syrup (Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride and Montelukast Sodium Syrup) as adulterated.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/make-greater-hyderabad-benchmark-for-cleanliness-ghmc-commissioner-3323626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"also-read-link\">Make Greater Hyderabad benchmark for cleanliness: GHMC Commissioner<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201c In light of the above, the public is hereby strongly advised to immediately stop the use of the above syrup, if in possession, and report the same to the nearest Drugs Control Authority without delay,\u201d the DCA said<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-news-btn\" style=\"display:inline-block;transition:transform .2s ease,box-shadow .2s ease;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;font-size:0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"213\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" style=\"display:block;margin:0;padding:0;height:70px;width:auto;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/preferred_publisher.webp.webp\"\/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/mubaraktravels.com\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\u201cMubarak\" generate=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mubarak-travels-haj2026.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The public may also report possession of the said product directly to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/drugs-control-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Drugs Control Administration<\/a>, Telangana, through the Toll-Free Number, it added.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory said the syrup (Batch No.: AL-24002) was manufactured by Tridus Remedies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/bihar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bihar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Representational Image Hyderabad: The Telangana Drugs Control Administration on Saturday issued an urgent advisory to immediately stop the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[40254,135693,134,27025,524,111,139,69,41096],"class_list":{"0":"post-233790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-bihar","9":"tag-drugs-control-administration","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-kolkata","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-telangana"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}