Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to inspect factory in Wakayama Prefecture today due to red yeast rice issue. 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 containing Kobayashi's red yeast Rice.
It is known that ``pouberuric acid'' can be produced from blue mold. It appears that it appears to be in the raw material produced at this factory from April to October last year. Although it is unknown whether it has any effect on the human body, it isknown that it is.