Parents are being urged to check their Panadol Children liquid bottle batches, with concerns defective syringes could pose a choking risk for babies.

The maker of Children’s Panadol, Haleon, has issued a Consumer Level Product Defect Correction on specific batches of Panadol Children 1 Month – 1 Year paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid due to difficulties that may be experienced when using the provided dosing syringe.

The company says: “There is no concern around the liquid medicine itself. The component impacted is the dosing syringe. The dosing syringe in the affected batches may experience stiffness impacting the ability to control the delivery of the medicine to babies which may pose a risk of choking in babies.

Haleon says reports suggest that incidences of choking are rare, however, in the best interests of consumer safety, if you have any of the below batches, you should dispose of the dosing syringe supplied:

PANADOL CHILDREN 1 MONTH – 1 YEAR Paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid:

DR562, DR563, DT528, DS947, DS956, DT334, DT469, DT762, DT912, DU128, DT913, DW301, DW507, DW487 with expiry dates between April 2024 and February 2025.

No other batches of this product, or other Panadol Children products, are affected.

Parents are being told to get an alternative dosing syringe from your pharmacy.

What you should do:

1. Confirm their product is PANADOL CHILDREN 1 MONTH – 1 YEAR paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid bottle.
2. Cross check batch numbers above with the batch number on the product (located on bottom of pack and label of bottle).
3. If the product matches one of the batch numbers above, dispose of the supplied syringe and seek an alternative dosing syringe from a pharmacy.
4. If unsure whether a product is affected or if there are further questions, to please call Haleon Consumer Relations on 1800 028 533 for further advice.

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