Kobayashi Pharmaceutical red yeast rice issue: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and prefecture conduct on-site inspection at factory in Wakayama Prefecture. As of the 29th, five people have died and a total of 114 people have been hospitalized due to kidney disease after ingesting health foods.
The company is aware of the incident and is conducting an investigation as it is suspected that it may have been the cause of the incidents. The on- site inspection ended around 2:30 p.m., and Kenji Yamashita, Kobayashi's Manufacturing Headquarters General Manager, said, "We will continue to respond honestly to the government's investigation.''