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CNA Explains: What is red yeast rice, its health benefits and safety concerns?
What are the purported benefits of red yeast rice? Health supplements containing red yeast rice are often marketed to help…
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Japan health supplements tied to 157 hospitalisations
Red yeast rice consists of rice fermented with a mould culture. It has been used in food, alcoholic drinks and…
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Second Kobayashi Pharma Japan factory inspected over deaths
The factory in Osaka’s Yodogawa Ward was closed in December due to ageing facilities and production shifted to the factory…
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Japan’s Kobayashi factory searched over deaths possibly linked to supplements
Kobayashi said on Friday it was investigating a suspected link between the products and their effects on the kidney since…
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