Medical face mask
Medical Sterile Mask
Protective equipmentHealth risk / other
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Poland
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The product claims to meet the requirements of a surgical mask but it has not been certified as such by the relevant European body. Consequently, the product might not fulfil the health and safety requirements and thus not properly protect if not combined with additional measures.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Medical Devices Directive and of the relevant European standard EN 14683.
Measures taken
- Import rejected at border Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 3 April 2020
Product
- Description
- Medical face mask
- Packaging
- The masks are packed separately in white plastic packaging, with instructions (in Chinese) in bold green characters.
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/00117/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-33
- Published
- 14 August 2020
- Modified
- 14 August 2020
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