Kobayashi Pharmaceutical extends telephone consultation hours, also available on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. As of March 29, five people have died and a total of 114 people have been hospitalized due to kidney disease after ingesting health foods.
A substance believed to be 'pouberuric acid'', which can be produced from blue mold, was found in the red yeast rice raw material produced between April and October last year, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and others have ordered entry into the factory.