"Fatalities and Hospitalizations Prompt Recall of Japanese Dietary Supplement"

A Japanese health supplement containing an ingredient called "benikoji" has been recalled after causing two deaths and sickening over 100 people. The products, including those from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., were marketed to lower cholesterol and were available without a prescription. The government health ministry has ordered the removal of these products from store shelves and warned of potential additional victims, urging people to stop ingesting anything with benikoji. The company is investigating the cause of the issue and has issued an apology, while the ministry has listed all recalled products on its official site.