Beware of fake 'Made in Taiwan' masks online | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年8月15日—TheissueofmaskqualityandoriginaroseaftertheCustomsAdministrationseized7,350importedmasksonMondayandanother132,781 ...

People should be on the alert for masks on some e-commerce sites that are falsely labeled as being made in Taiwan, a pharmaceutical association in Taipei said on Thursday.

This week, more than 140,000 imported masks with false labels were seized by the Customs Administration, the Taiwan Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management Association said.

People should buy masks from reputable brick-and-mortar stores, where they can verify the product’s origin, association president Kao Meng-hsi (高孟熙) said.

Photo courtesy of Taipei Customs

Masks that are properly packaged are safer than those sold in transparent plastic bags with no label, he added.

Buyers should find the Chinese National Standard (CNS) number on the package, as well as the manufacturer’s name and contact information, pharmacist Shen Tsai-ying (沈采穎) said.

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