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Toxin in Japanese supplement sparks debate on country’s functional food labels
Red yeast supplements manufactured by Osaka, Japan-based Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals have been linked to five deaths and at least 266 hospitalizations in Japan as of the beginning of May, spurring a larger debate about the safety of Japan’s “functional food” …