March 9, 2005
Kaneka Corporation Kaneka America Corporation phone: +1-212-705-4360 Kaneka Pharma Europe N.V. phone: +32-2-663-0340
ADVISORY ALERT REGARDING
FORGERIES AND FRAUDULENT CoQ10:
Kaneka Corporation of Osaka, Japan (“Kaneka”), is the only manufacturer in the world who produces “KANEKA Q10
TM
” extracted from fermented yeast. Kaneka is selling
“KANEKA Q10
TM
” itself, or through its wholly owned affiliates, Kaneka America
Corporation of New York, USA (“KAC”), and Kaneka Pharma Europe N.V. of Brussels, Belgium (“KPE”). Kaneka has recently discovered that some parties are offering and/or selling in several countries including Japan and USA chemicals or products ostensibly as “KANEKA Q10
TM
”. Kaneka found that these cases include use of forged Certificates of Analysis
and false labeling and packaging. The materials transacted in these cases are, of course, not “KANEKA Q10
TM
”. In addition, in some cases, the contents of CoQ10 are
adulterated and are very low or contain no CoQ10 in them at all. Kaneka has already reported these cases to several government authorities in Japan and USA. Also, Kaneka is preparing to pursue criminal and civil action against any identified perpetrator. Please be advised that, Kaneka has always distributed “KANEKA Q10
TM
” directly to
dietary supplement manufacturers for their use in making their products. Consequently, other traders should not have any inventory of “KANEKA Q10
TM
” for sale.
Furthermore, to ensure your purchase of genuine “KANEKA Q10
TM
”, dietary
supplement manufacturers should not procure any chemical alleged to be “KANEKA Q10
TM
” that is not directly transported from Kaneka, KAC or KPE. Consumers who
desire to purchase “KANEKA Q10
TM
” are strongly advised to buy dietary supplements
sold only by reliable manufacturers. Kaneka is actively investigating technology and ways and means to detect fraudulent materials and to prevent fraud and deception in the sale of products that falsely purport to be “KANEKA Q10
TM
”.