薫製倶楽部 is pursuing 5 red yeast rice-related lawsuits and claims damages, including the recall of its own products and the suspension of transactions, after receiving a request from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to recall the products. The principal claim is ¥36.9 million, with an alternative claim of ¥100 million. One of the lawsuits was transferred to the Osaka District Court. The next hearing in the state compensation lawsuit against Osaka City is scheduled for 26 November, while the first oral arguments in the lawsuit concerning the Consumer Affairs Agency were held on 15 October.
薫製倶楽部 was forced to recall its own products after receiving a request from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to voluntarily recall red yeast rice ingredients, and claims damages including the suspension of transactions. The principal claim is ¥36.9 million, with an alternative claim of ¥100 million, and the complaint was transferred from the Okayama District Court to the Osaka District Court after being filed with the Okayama District Court.
In the state compensation lawsuit against Osaka City, the claim is ¥1, and the first oral arguments are scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. on 26 November. The complaint identifies the legality of the recall order and the consistency of information disclosed thereafter as issues in dispute.
The state compensation lawsuit concerning the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is ongoing at the Okayama District Court. The plaintiff is challenging the legal basis for publishing the names of 225 companies involved in the red yeast rice-related business and the failure to conduct official sampling inspections. The government argues that the publication provided factual information and that no provision requires official sampling inspections.
The state compensation lawsuit concerning the Consumer Affairs Agency is also ongoing at the Okayama District Court, with a claim of ¥1. The plaintiff is questioning the basis on which the Consumer Affairs Agency disseminated information using the term “puberulic acid” and the consistency of that information with the wording of official Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare documents.