BEIJING: China has confiscated over 89 million poor quality face masks, a government official said Sunday (April 26), as Beijing faces a slew of complaints about faulty protective gear exported worldwide. Demand for protective equipment has soared as nations across the globe battle the deadly Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, which has infected nearly 2.9 million people.
BEIJING: China has confiscated over 89 million poor quality face masks, a government official said Sunday , as Beijing faces a slew of complaints about faulty protective gear exported worldwide.
As of Friday, China's market regulators had inspected nearly 16 million businesses and seized over 89 million masks and 418,000 pieces of protective gear, said Gan Lin, deputy director of the State Administration of Market Regulation, at a press conference.It is unclear how much of the confiscated goods were destined for markets abroad.
The tighter rules come after several countries including Spain, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Turkey were forced to recall hundreds of thousands of shoddy masks and pieces of protective gear imported from China.
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