Pharmaceutical Ingredient Fraud Leads to Deadly Consequences
<p>In October, it was confirmed that children’s cough syrups were the cause of the illnesses. Investigators suspected the syrups were contaminated with diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol.</p>
<p>My food fraud spidey-senses began to tingle and, in <a href="https://therottenapple.substack.com/i/78860236/glycerine-fraud-might-be-the-cause-of-a-deadly-outbreak" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Issue 60</a>’s food fraud news, I speculated that the contaminants “could be present due to fraudulent adulteration of glycerine, an ingredient in oral liquid medicines”. Dangerous glycols can reportedly be added to glycerine, to ‘bulk it out’ and save money.</p>
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