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Japanese officials inspect 2 factories making health supplements linked to 5 deaths

Mar. 30, 2024 23:51 PM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government health officials on Sunday inspected a factory producing health supplements linked to at least five deaths and the hospitalization of more than 100 others, one day after the authorities investigated another plant that manufactured the product. A...

5 dead and over 100 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health supplements

Mar. 29, 2024 07:45 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products, officials said. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. came under fire for not...

A Japanese supplement pill is recalled after two people died and more than 100 were hospitalized

Mar. 27, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have been ordered to be taken off store shelves in Japan. The products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., billed as helping to lower cholesterol, contained an ingredient...

Former raw milk cheese maker pleads guilty to charges in connection with fatal listeria outbreak

Mar. 05, 2024 17:34 PM EST

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A former producer of raw milk cheese pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to a deadly outbreak of listeria from 2016 to 2017, federal prosecutors said. Johannes Vulto and his New York-based company Vulto Creamery LLC each pleaded guilty to one...