Four people in Japan are now believed to have died after consuming a supplement containing red yeast rice, as a growing health scare sweeps the country.
TOKYO, March 27 Two deaths were today linked to a growing health scare in Japan around dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol, with more than 100 people reportedly.
Reports of ill health after consumption of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s red yeast rice dietary supplements implicated in two deaths largely relate to products made since September last year, according to the health ministry.
One person has died from kidney disease after apparently consuming dietary supplements produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. for about three years, the Japanese drugmaker said Tuesday.