Supermarket Own Brand and Numark Pharmacies Children's Cough Mixture Recall

Poundstretcher Bell’s Healthcare Children’s Dry Cough Glycerin 0.75g/5ml Syrup

Morrisons Children’s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75g/5ml Oral Solution

Numark Children’s Dry Cough 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution

Sainsbury’s Children’s Dry Cough 0.75g/5ml Syrup

Superdrug Children’s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution

Tesco Children’s Dry Cough Syrup

Wilko Tickly Cough 0.75g/5ml Oral Solution

Bell, Sons & Co (Bells) is recalling 15 batches of the cough syrups listed above as a precautionary measure due to a small number of reports of mould.

Sold as an own brand by Tesco, Asda, Wilkos, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Superdrug and Numark Pharmacies, customers are being asked to return bottles from the above batches to the shop they bought it from.

At the time of writingthere have been no reports of adverse reactions from patients

The mould has been identified as Penicillium decumbens, Penicillium corylophilum and Penicillium brevicompactum. Although these moulds may be inactivated in the stomach, there is a low potential risk of systemic infection in younger children or children with weak immune systems, causing symptoms of infection such as fever.

Penicillium brevicompactum and Penicillium corylophilum can produce mycotoxins. Reactions to these mycotoxins are rare but there is a low risk they could induce reactions that could include rashes, breathing difficulties and Gastro-Intestinal (GI) symptoms.

There is also a low risk of an allergic reation.

Dr Sam Atkinson, director of the Inspection, Enforcement and Standards Division at the Medicines Heatlh Regulatory Agency (MHRA), urged parents to check their medicine cabinets and for any of the syrups listed below and to return them to the shop they bought from.

Brand & Product Description Batch Number D Code Expiry Date Pack Size Date Released

Asda Children’s Dry Cough Syrup Glycerol Blackcurrant Flavour 274V1 D10-5120 01-Aug-2020 200 ml 27/09/2017

Asda Children’s Dry Cough Syrup Glycerol Blackcurrant Flavour 276V1 D10-5120 01-Oct-2020 200 ml 31/10/2017

Asda Children’s Dry Cough Syrup Glycerol Blackcurrant Flavour 278V1 D10-5120 01-Dec-2020 200 ml 02/01/2018

Asda Children’s Dry Cough Syrup Glycerol Blackcurrant Flavour 283W1 D10-5120 01-Feb-2021 200 ml 19/02/2018

Bell’s Healthcare Children’s Dry Cough Glycerin 0.75g/5ml Syrup 280V3 D10-4315 01-Dec-2020 200 ml 04/01/2018

Morrisons Children’s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75g/5ml Oral Solution 282W1 D10-4325 01-Jan-2021 200 ml 30/01/2018

Numark Children’s Dry Cough 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution 280V1 D10-4042 01-Dec-2020 200 ml 04/01/2018

Numark Children’s Dry Cough 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution 288W1 D10-4042 01-Apr-2021 200 ml 27/04/2018

Sainsbury’s Children’s Dry Cough 0.75g/5ml Syrup 275V1 D10-0112 01-Sep-2020 200 ml 11/10/2017

Superdrug Children’s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution 280V2 D10-4695 01-Dec-2020 200 ml 04/01/2018

Superdrug Children’s Dry Tickly Cough Glycerin 0.75 g/5 ml Oral Solution 284W1 D10-4695 01-Mar-2021 200 ml 24/03/2018

Tesco Children’s Dry Cough Syrup 277V1 D10-4271 01-Oct-2020 200 ml 31/10/2017

Tesco Children’s Dry Cough Syrup 278V2 D10-4271 01-Dec-2020 200 ml 02/01/2018

Tesco Children’s Dry Cough Syrup 281W1 D10-4271 01-Jan-2021 200 ml 30/01/2018

Wilko Tickly Cough 0.75g/5ml Oral Solution 275V2 D10-0310 01-Sep-2020 200 ml 11/10/2017