The Consumers Association, which is under the jurisdiction of a Chinese government agency, has issued a warning to consumers in China after people who ingested health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice developed kidney disease. We have issued a statement calling for customers to immediately stop using this product and cooperate with the product recall.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. responded to a problem in which people who ingested health foods containing red yeast rice developed kidney disease, and some of its products were sold in China through online mail order from Japan. On March 22nd, China called on people to stop consuming the product, and announced that it would stop selling it and conduct a voluntary recall.
On the 29th, the China Consumers Association, which is under the jurisdiction of a Chinese government agency, issued its first statement since the issue came to light, urging consumers in China to immediately stop consuming the product and actively cooperate with the product recall. I called out.
Furthermore, people who have already taken the product and feel unwell are asked to seek medical attention immediately.
According to the statement, the products in question are not sold in mainland China other than online sales from Japan.
So far, there have been no known cases of people developing illness after consuming the affected products in mainland China, but there is growing interest in China as well, with state-run media reporting on the issue in special features every day. .