Jakarta (ANTARA) - The amount of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) in five medicinal syrup products in Indonesia exceeds their tolerable daily intake (TDI) level, the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) has informed.
According to a statement released on the agency’s website on Thursday, the BPOM has tested 36 production batches of 26 medicinal syrup products suspected of being contaminated with EG and DEG as of October 19, 2022.
The products tested by the BPOM included those suspected to have been taken by patients with acute kidney failure as well as those produced bymanufacturers who used propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, sorbitol, and glycerol as solvents in large volumes.
