Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
is voluntarily recalling three types of health foods that contain red yeast rice. 26 people have been confirmed to have been hospitalized after ingesting the affected products and complaining of feeling unwell. The company is urgently implementing a voluntary recall and ascertaining the actual health hazards. The same red yeast Rice ingredient used in health foods, which the company is voluntarily recalled, was sold to business partners through a subsidiary and used in food products. A number of companies are voluntarily recalling products one after another.