US CUSTOMS SEIZES OVER 100,000 COUNTERFEIT N95 FACE MASKS
A news release from US Customs & Border Protection on 15 January advised that officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport seized over 100,000 Counterfeit 3M N95 masks in 2 shipments from Hong Kong.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-jfk-seizes-counterfeit-3m-n95-masks
Meanwhile –
HONG KONG CUSTOMS SEIZES 333,000 FAKE N95 RESPIRATORS IN CITY’S LARGEST CONFISCATION OF COUNTERFEIT MASKS
On 19 January, the South China Morning Post reported that the record haul, worth HK$8.5 million, is third such bust in as many months. The bogus 3M-brand N95 respirators were confiscated from a logistics company’s warehouse in Kwai Chung. It was customs’ third such seizure in as many months, with about 100,000 counterfeit masks were seized in each of the 2 previous operations from October and November last year, and all were similarly destined for markets abroad.
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