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Benikoji Supplements: Make All-Out Efforts to Halt Damage to Consumers’ Health

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. has begun a voluntary recall of its products in light of a rash of cases of kidney illnesses among people who have taken supplements made with benikoji red rice mold. More than one person is known to have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized. The supplements in question are food products that purport to reduce bad cholesterol in the blood.

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Benikoji Supplements: Make All-Out Efforts to Halt Damage to Consumers’ Health

It defeats the purpose if a health food product that is supposed to help people live healthy lives actually causes disease. The relevant authorities must make every possible effort to prevent further harm.Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. has begun a voluntary recall of its products in light of a rash of cases of kidney illnesses among people who have taken supplements made with benikoji red rice mold. More than one person is known to have died and m…

1 month ago·Japan

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