The Ministry of Ayush said it is committed to ensuring the safety and quality standards of Ayush medicines and issues necessary directions to the state and Union Territory (UT) governments for ensuring the compliance of provisions under Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Drug Rules, 1945 from time to time, PTI reported.
Enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to Quality Control and issuance of drug licence of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy drugs/ medicines is vested with the State Drug Controllers/ State Licensing Authorities appointed by the concerned state and UT governments, the statement said.
The respective state and UT licensing authority is empowered to act against misbranded, adulterated and spurious Ayush drugs.
"As per the information received from the Drug Control Department Ayush, State Government of Madhya Pradesh, immediate actions have been taken in this regard, including seizure of the alleged drugs and sending the sample for testing and other necessary legal actions," the statement said.
The latest death incident comes barely two weeks after a series of child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup 'Coldrif'. The latest death has taken the toll from the use of liquid formulations to 25.
Earlier, 24 children, comprising 21 from Chhindwara, two from Betul and one from Pandhurna, died of renal failure linked to consumption of 'Coldrif', an allopathic cough syrup found to contain 48.6 per cent diethylene glycol, a highly poisonous compound.
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