Japanese health ministry officials head to search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. factory in Osaka, Japan, on March 30, in this photo taken by Kyodo.Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said.
As of Friday, 114 people had been hospitalized and five had died after taking the supplements, which were marketed as helping lower cholesterol levels, the company said. “We will fully co-operate with the investigation so that we can resolve the problems as early as possible,” the head of Kobayashi’s investor relations, Yuko Tomiyama, told reporters on Sunday in footage shown by public broadcaster NHK.
The government has criticized the company for taking two months to announce the health impacts of its products. Kobayashi began recalling products on March 22 after receiving reports of kidney ailments.Japanese media said a case of acute renal failure had been reported in Taiwan. Taiwan’s food and drug administration is investigating three “unexpected health reactions” that may be related to imported materials from Kobayashi, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported.
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