Here's the text of the Telegraph article linked above, which includes the announcement from the manufacturer when production of this, and other OTC medicines was suspended following the takeover of one company by another.
The new owners do intend to return it to production when the licensing issues are resolved (and it all sounds more administrative than safety).
"A shortage of Woodward's Gripe Water has seen prices increase for the last remaining bottles with some going on auction websites for three or four times their face value.
Production has been stopped while licensing arrangements are checked and wording on the packaging may need to be amended.
It has now emerged that a wide range of household products are affected, including Earex to soften ear wax, Remegel for indigestion, and Resolve for stomach upsets.
The products were all owned by SSL which has now been bought by Reckett Benckiser and checks made as part of the acquisition have raised questions over the validity over the current licences held with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Manufacture of all the products has been suspended while the issues are cleared up and each will come back onto the market as soon as possible, a spokesman for Reckett said.
She added: "When Reckitt Benckiser acquires new licensed brands a review of the quality of those licences is a priority action to ensure compliance both with the RB?s own quality standards, and with any licensing requirements.
"RB?s acquisition of SSL brought a large number of new niche brands into the RB portfolio, many of them licensed, and over recent months every product within each of these ranges has been individually reviewed.
"As a result, RB identified technical and administrative irregularities with the licences in a number of products.
"The company therefore made the decision, as a precautionary measure, to halt the manufacture of the products concerned until the necessary remedial action was taken and approved by the MHRA ? the licensing body. One of these products was Woodward?s Gripe Water. There is no suggestion of any safety issues however, and products already in shops and homes can continue to be used.
"RB regrets any inconvenience this necessary action has caused to the public and pharmacists, and is working closely with the MHRA to address these matters as quickly as possible. RB takes the quality of all its products very seriously and this is always the company's first priority."
The products affected include: Paramol, Syndol, Remegel, Merocane, Merocets, Ralgex, Medised, Earex, Cuprafen, Melthus, Resolve, Diocalm, Derbac, Medinol, Burneze, Waspeze, Compound W."