Unintended substance confirmed in Japan's Kobayashi Pharma supplements

TOKYO/OSAKA, Japan, March 29 (Xinhua) -- An unintended component called "puberulic acid" has been detected in products of Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, the producer of red yeast rice dietary supplement known as "beni-koji," according to Japan's health ministry.

The findings, disclosed by the Osaka-based company during a panel of experts convened by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Thur