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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given food manufacturers until January 15, 2027, to reformulate their products to comply with the rule, while producers of ingested drugs, such as certain cough syrups, have until January 18, 2028, to remove the additive.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
It’s also found in some medications such as cough syrups.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
The dye will no longer be allowed in food, drinks, dietary supplements, and oral medications like cough syrups.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 16 Jan. 2025
Grapes and baby bottles are the calling cards for codeine-containing cough syrup, or lean.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
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“Cough syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cough%20syrup. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
cough syrup
noun
: any of various sweet liquids that contain medicine and are used to relieve coughing
Medical Definition
cough syrup
noun
: any of various sweet usually medicated liquids used to relieve coughing
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