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Japanese authorities inspect second Kobayashi Pharma factory after deaths

Japanese authorities inspect second Kobayashi Pharma factory after deaths

HEALTH authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said. The inspection in Wakayama prefecture follows one on Saturday in Osaka, expanding the investigation into the drugmaker's use of "Beni-Koji" red yeast materials. Osaka-based Kobayashi said it found what appeared to be potentially toxic puberulic acid that could have been produced by blue mould penicillium in Beni-Koji materials produced between last April and October at the Osaka factory. As of Friday, 114 people had been hospitalised and five had died after taking the supplements, which were…
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