A MEDICAL firm was at the centre of a nationwide contamination alert.
An urgent warning was issued by Government health officials after it was found that a batch of anti-diarrhoea medicine produced by Cupal Ltd, of Blackburn, could be dangerously contaminated with painkilling drugs.
Only one batch was affected.
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