The issue is that people who ingested health foods containing the ingredients of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice developed kidney disease, etc. The amount of a substance believed to be ``pouberuric acid'' detected in the red yeast rice ingredient of this product was due to the fact that the product was not manufactured. I found that it varies depending on the time of year. Investigations are expected to continue to determine what differences there were in the manufacturing process.
Regarding this issue, people who ingested health foods containing the ingredients of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's "red yeast rice" developed kidney diseases, and about 30% of the raw material for red yeast rice produced last year was found to contain "pouberuric acid" produced by blue mold. ” has been detected.
When the company analyzed the amount of the substance contained in the product using special equipment, it found that the amount of a substance believed to be ``pouberuric acid'' detected varied depending on when the product and raw material were manufactured.
According to the company, the highest amount of the substance was detected in the lot of red yeast rice raw material used in products manufactured in September of last year, and the substance was also detected in lots of raw material for products made before and after this time. It has been detected, but there are also periods when it is not detected.
In the future, it is expected that investigations will proceed to determine what differences there were in processes and equipment conditions depending on the time of manufacture.