DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
Kobayashi - 2 beni koji - 1 Benikoji - 1 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s - 1 “ - 1 Fumio Kishida - 1 ” - 1 Takara Shuzo - 1
Top related locs:
Osaka Japan Japan’s beni Asia China Taiwan Strait Singapore
Top related orgs:
Tokyo CNN - 1 Japan’s Ministry of Health - 1 Wednesday - 1 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical - 1 CNN - 1 Weibo - 1 Drug Administration - 1 TOKYO - 1

Search resuls for: "Benikoji"


2 mentions found


☆ Red rice yeast: Japan orders recall of ‘beni koji’ products over suspected link to four deaths
  + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Himari Semans | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
All three supplements contain “beni koji” - rice fermented with red yeast – an ingredient said to lower cholesterol levels that is traditionally used in food seasoning and preservation, and rice wine production. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s website says its beni koji products use a strain of bacteria in fermentation that does not produce citrinin. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday said the government was investigating the deaths and the suspected link to beni koji, adding it was prepared to act. Across the Taiwan Strait, the island’s Food and Drug Administration ordered distributors to suspend the import of more than 150 products containing beni koji, including those made by Kobayashi. And in Singapore, authorities recalled a sparkling sake, a type of rice wine, by Kyoto-based Takara Shuzo, which uses beni koji in its production.
Persons: Kobayashi, beni koji, Benikoji, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s, “, Fumio Kishida, ”, Takara Shuzo, beni Organizations: Tokyo CNN, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Wednesday, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, CNN, Weibo, Drug Administration Locations: Japan’s, Osaka, beni, Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan Strait, Singapore, Kyoto
☆ A Japanese Supplement Pill Is Recalled After Two People Died and More Than 100 Were Hospitalized
  + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Associated Press | March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
TOKYO (AP) — Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have been ordered to be taken off store shelves in Japan. The products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., billed as helping to lower cholesterol, contained an ingredient called “benikoji,” a red species of mold. The ministry has put up a list on its official site of all the recalled products, including some that use benikoji for food coloring. The recalled products could be bought without a prescription from a doctor, and could be purchased at drug stores. The ministry official warned there could be more victims in the days ahead.
Persons: Kobayashi, ___ Yuri Kageyama Organizations: TOKYO, —, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co Locations: Japan, Osaka
0 next >>
Total: 2