Handling of health foods including red koji

　In order to prevent the spread of health damage, voluntary collection of products including red koji was being promoted by various businesses such as Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., but as of Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Osaka City ordered Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to collect three health foods, including red koji sold.

1. Red koji choleste help (45 tablets for 15 days, 90 tablets for 30 days, 60 tablets for 20 days)
2. Nicehelp + cholesterol
3. Nattokinase smooth grain GOLD

Osaka-shi: There have been cases of health foods, including red koji, suspected health hazards. （…> Food and Hygiene> Information on Food Safety (osaka.lg.jp) (external site)

If you have the product, please do not eat it and follow the voluntary collection return method.
In addition, consultation on health hazards related to the product is accepted at the consultation destination for health hazards caused by health foods.

If you are handling the product, stop display sales immediately and remove it from stores. In addition, please respond to collection by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and alert purchasers.

• Request for cooperation in collection of red koji-related foods sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) (outside site)

On Friday, March 22, 2024, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical announced a press release regarding "Request for discontinuation of use of red koji-related products and notification of voluntary collection", and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare notified that information and alerting were made. Was.
Currently, research is being conducted on the relationship between products and health hazards. To prevent the spread of health hazards, foods related to red koji sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical have been voluntarily collected.
If you have the product, please follow the voluntary collection return method without ingesting it.
　

Click here for information on recalls of red koji-related products related to Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals.

• Cases of health hazards caused by “so-called health foods” (outside site)

　※Please see Excel or PDF file of "Recall information of reported foods about red koji (limited to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical related)" in the page.

Consultations on health hazards related to the product are accepted at the following consultation sites.
[Consultation]
（１） Contact point for inquiries regarding products using red koji (after July 2024)
　　　Phone number: ０３－３５９５－２７９８
　　　Reception hours: From 9:00 to 18:00 (weekdays only)

（２） Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division, where you live

• Consultation Service on Food Sanitation

In addition, if you take the product and have any physical anxiety or abnormalities, consider consulting a family medical institution.

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's food recall (collection) information (external site)

　※Please search from the "Search for Public Collection Cases" button.

• Recall information site of the Consumer Affairs Agency (external site)
• “Health Foods” (Consumer Affairs Agency) (outside site)
• Information on "Health Foods" (Food Safety Commission) (outside site)
• Safety and efficacy information of “health foods” (National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Institute of Pharmaceutical Infrastructure, Health and Nutrition, National Research and Development Agency) (external site)

On September 1, 2024, the information provision system for health hazards caused by functionally labeled foods started. Please check here for more information.

• Information provision of health hazards related to functionally labeled foods, etc.