{
  "id": 8396793,
  "title": "India plans red warning labels, school-age child pictorials on cough syrups to bar under-4 use",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/india-plans-red-warning-labels-school-age-child-pictorials-on-cough",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-19T06:35:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/cough-syrup-children-under-4-dcgi-cdsco-drugs-rules-1945-cough-syrup-warning-paediatric-medicine-dghs-11789793636408.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India is set to implement new regulations for cough syrup packaging, mandating a prominent red warning label and a pictorial representation of school-age children. This move aims to discourage the use of these medications in children under four years old, according to officials and a reviewed document. Priyanka Sharma, a journalist at Mint, provides this report, highlighting the government's efforts to ensure public health safety.",
  "summary": "India’s drug regulator is considering a prominent red warning and pictorial label on cough syrup bottles to discourage their use in children under four, amid concerns over inappropriate prescribing and drug safety.",
  "key_points": [
    "India to introduce red warning labels on cough syrup packaging",
    "Pictorial of school-age children to deter under-4 use",
    "Regulation aims to enhance public health safety"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The planned labelling regulations mark a stricter approach to regulating cough syrups, clearly signalling to consumers that the products are not for children under four, amid concerns over their safe use.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}