Factory searched over five deaths


Health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after the drug maker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements using red yeast rice, an official said.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the City of Osaka jointly inspected the factory in Osaka that had made the supplements containing “Beni-Koji” red yeast, suspected of having caused health damage, the ministry official said.

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