0001Defendant on the sidelines ★Jul. 23, 2024 (Tue) 18:11:40.04ID:woaFygMc9
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (Osaka City) announced the report of the “Fact Verification Committee,” an external expert investigation into the company’s response to the suspected health damage caused by red koji supplements, on the 23rd. It pointed out that the company was aware of blue mold on the red koji culture tanks but ignored it. It also revealed that the company had responded to a doctor’s inquiry about the health damage by saying that there had been no cases of kidney disease.
Chairman Kazumasa Kobayashi (84) and President Akihiro Kobayashi (53), both members of the founding family, were criticized for “not taking the initiative in making decisions or giving instructions to ensure safety.” Kobayashi Pharmaceutical held a board meeting on the 23rd and decided to have the two top executives resign.
According to the report, the quality control officer who was in charge of quality control ignored the fact that blue mold had been found on the inside of the tank lid, saying, “blue mold can get mixed in.” There was a chronic shortage of manpower at the production site of the red koji ingredients at the Osaka factory (closed last December). Kobayashi Pharmaceutical confirmed cases of kidney disease on January 15, but responded to a doctor who inquired on February 1 that “there have been no reports of acute kidney failure.”
Akihiro’s successor as president will be Senior Managing Director Satoshi Yamane (64). Akihiro will be in charge of compensation for health damage as a director.
July 23, 2024 16:58 Kyodo News
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>>1 Even if there is a labor shortage, if you think that contamination is normal, you can’t use the labor shortage as an excuse even if there are 500 people working.
The intention to make Kobayashi Pharmaceutical a scapegoat to divert the public’s attention from the harm caused by Dokuchin is now completely obvious, but are they still doing it?
Should the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors enact legislation requiring a system of predictive inspection for mold contamination, etc.?
I remember reading an expert say that if blue mold was mixed in with the red koji mold, it would be obvious, so it’s impossible for them to be mixed in. That’s true, but it wasn’t.
Quality control people look down on the menial workers on the shop floor and act all high and mighty, but what about their responsibility as those who manage the quality of the products? People are dying!
I don’t really understand, and things have changed several times. Is Kobayashi Pharmaceutical at fault after all? The other day, they made a statement that seemed to suggest things were changing.
Even if they were aware of the existence of blue mold, it’s already completely black. It was a fact that was completely hidden when it was first reported. It took half a year for it to finally come out. So does that mean it was covered up systematically?
>>44 No, I’m sure I gave my opinion after thorough research. And Kobayashi Pharmaceutical couldn’t find the cause in the red koji used in our manufacturing process, so it’s probably not my company, right? There was a thread saying that.
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