157 people were hospitalized for reasons that may be related to the nutritional supplements scandal in Japan. This number represents an increase in the number of potential victims of an anti-cholesterol nutritional supplement.
Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals and Japanese health authorities are still working to identify the substance in red yeast rice (called benikoji) of the nutritional supplement in question. Several companies have withdrawn their products containing this yeast, such as salad dressings or fermented soy paste (“miso”)