{"id":143887,"date":"2018-06-20T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cough-syrup-recall-over-mould-risk-from-ingredients\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:01:59","slug":"cough-syrup-recall-over-mould-risk-from-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cough-syrup-recall-over-mould-risk-from-ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"Cough syrup recall over mould risk from ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Asda&#039;s cough syrup medicine\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/3F90\/production\/_102127261_cough_syrup.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  MHRA                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Parents are being urged to check bottles of own-brand blackcurrant cough syrup because of a problem with one of the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>This could cause mould to grow, which could make children unwell or cause a reaction, medicines experts said.<\/p>\n<p>No cases have been identified so far but eight products are being recalled as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>The UK body which regulates medicines said the cough syrup bottles should be returned.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sam Atkinson, from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency&#039;s (MHRA) said: &quot;Check if you have any of the listed cough syrups and if you do, please don&#039;t use them. Take them back to where you bought them from. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The mould is not always visible, so return any of the affected cough syrup bottles, even if it looks OK to use.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If your child has recently taken one of these cough syrups, and, in the unlikely event that they have become unwell or had a reaction, please speak to your GP, pharmacist or other healthcare professional.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Even though there is a low risk of a reaction, Dr Atkinson said people should check the medicines they have at home.<\/p>\n<p>The list of products affected are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asda Children&#039;s Dry Cough Syrup Glycerol Blackcurrant Flavour - batch 274V1, 276V1, 278V1, 283W1 - expiry dates 01\/08\/2020, 01\/10\/2020, 01\/12\/2020, 01\/02\/2021<\/li>\n<li>Bell&#039;s Healthcare Children&#039;s Dry Cough Glycerin 0.75g\/5ml Syrup - 280V3 - exp 01\/12\/2020<\/li>\n<li>Morrisons Children&#039;s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75g\/5ml Oral Solution - 282W1- exp 01\/01\/2021<\/li>\n<li>Numark Children&#039;s Dry Cough 0.75 g\/5 ml Oral Solution - 280V1, 288W1- exp 01\/12\/2020, 01\/04\/2021<\/li>\n<li>Sainsbury&#039;s Children&#039;s Dry Cough 0.75g\/5ml Syrup - 275V1 - exp 01\/09\/2020<\/li>\n<li>Superdrug Children&#039;s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g\/5 ml Oral Solution - 280V2, 284W1- exp 01\/12\/2020, 01\/03\/2021<\/li>\n<li>Tesco Children&#039;s Dry Cough Syrup - 277V1, 278V2, 281W1 - exp 01\/10\/2020, 01\/12\/2020, 01\/01\/2021<\/li>\n<li>Wilko Tickly Cough 0.75g\/5ml Oral Solution - 275V2 - exp 01\/09\/2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright MHRA Parents are being urged to check bottles of own-brand blackcurrant cough syrup because of a problem with one of the ingredients. This could cause mould to grow,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}