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Puberulic Acid Determined as Cause of “Beni-Koji” Health Damages
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) said on September 18 that the flurry of kidney damages reported for Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s “beni-koji” dietary supplements were found to have been caused by “puberulic acid” produced from blue mold. It was…
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