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japan's kobayashi pharmaceutical suspends sales of three oral care products

2024-09-14

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according to cctv news, japan's kobayashi pharmaceutical co., ltd. said on september 13 local time that due to the problem of health products containing red yeast rice produced by the company causing damage to consumers' health, the japan dental association has withdrawn its recommendation for three oral care products of kobayashi pharmaceutical. therefore, the company decided to suspend the sale of these products from that day.

it is reported that,the three products that kobayashi pharmaceutical stopped selling are dental floss, interdental brushes and braces cleaning solution.since the packaging of these products has the words "recommended by the japanese dentist association" printed on them, kobayashi pharmaceutical decided to remove them from the shelves and put them on sale again after removing the words on the packaging. kobayashi pharmaceutical said that there is no problem with the quality and safety of these products.

japan dental association: kobayashi pharmaceutical's problems have not yet been identified and the response plan has not been perfected

the japan dental association previously pointed out that consumers died in the kobayashi pharmaceutical health care product incident, and the cause of the damage to consumers' health has not yet been fully identified, nor has a complete response plan. the japan dental association believes that this company does not meet the relevant review conditions for product safety and has withdrawn its recommendation for its products.

at the end of march this year, kobayashi pharmaceutical announced that its health products containing red yeast rice may cause damage to consumers' health. according to the latest data released by the ministry of health, labor and welfare of japan, as of the 9th of this month, 391 consumers who took the problematic health products have died, 2,426 have sought medical treatment, and 498 have been hospitalized. (reporter he xinlei)

editor: zhao xi