On the 18th local time, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan said that after experiments, it was confirmed that the soft hair penicillic acid detected in the raw materials of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company's health products containing red yeast yeast ingredients was the cause of kidney dysfunction in consumers.
According to a number of media reports such as Japan's Kyodo News Agency, animal experiments conducted at the National Research Institute of Japan showed that only rats ingested penicillic acid had renal dysfunction. The other two "unexpected" substances did not negatively affect the rat kidneys.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare speculates that penicillium was mixed with penicillium in the process of cultivating red yeast yeast at a factory that produces red yeast rice, resulting in soft hair penicillic acid. The other two "unexpected" substances may be the result of changes in the active ingredient of red yeast yeast rice-containing health products under the action of Penicillium.
Previously, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Osaka City conducted an on-site inspection of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's Osaka plant, which produces red yeast rice raw materials, and extracted penicillium from the culture room and other places.
According to the latest data, 2,450 consumers sought medical treatment after taking Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice-containing health products, and 120 deaths were under investigation for causality in this incident.
Source: CCTV Finance