Fake, Substandard Condoms

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Recently, Shaoyang City Drug Administration and public security law enforcement officers carried out a joint operation, raiding an underground factory for making and selling fake brand condoms. Police arrested four suspects and seized 40,000 boxes of condoms labeled with “Jissbon”, “Durex”, “Sixsex”, “Love Card”, “NOX” and “Rough Nider” 6 brands, and over 1,620,000 of unpackaged condoms, total value of 536,000 yuan….

After the investigation, suspect Li Anping (李安平), a farmer in a Shaoyang village, since March of this year started to rent houses and recruit workers. Without medical device manufacturing license, he illegally operated production of fake brand name condoms. Food and Drug Administration inspector in Shaoyang city told the reporter, according to Li Anping’s confession, his group has already sold over 40,000 boxes of various fake brands of condoms. (Up to 480,000 condoms)

As medical equipments, condoms are required to be produced in sterile environment. However the underground factory produced condoms with poor quality and were already sold to outside of the province. “They were mostly sold to most parts of Hunan, as well as Guangdong, Hubei and other places.” Inspector told the reporter that sales price is ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 yuan per box, averaging 2 yuan per box. Total illegal profit is about 80,000 yuan.

Much like the melamine-doped food, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these faux condoms make it here to the US—thanks to the porous and amoral nature of most of our present trade deals. Keep an eye out. Dan’s already found you a cheap source for pregnancy tests.