NAFDAC recalls children’s cough syrup, declares it toxic
National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled Benylin Paediatric Syrup, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. NAFDAC, which disclosed this on its website yesterday, explained that the laboratory analysis conducted on the product showed that it contained an unacceptably high level of Diethylene glycol and was found to cause acute oral toxicity in laboratory animals. “Diethylene …