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One Dead after Taking Kobayashi’s Red Yeast Rice Pills
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said on March 26 that one person who took its health supplement product containing beni-koji, or red yeast rice, later died of kidney disease. The company is investigating any causal relationship between its product and the death. The…
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