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RIO GRANDE: The Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has detected the sale of masks as low as 50 sen per unit with the quality below the established standards.
In this regard, his deputy minister Datuk Rosol Wahid advised consumers to be careful when buying face masks that are much cheaper than the established price limit to avoid exposing themselves to dangers.
“This mask is priced at 50 sen per unit and the seller claims it is a three layer mask, however the inspection found the material used to be quite questionable.
“It is dusty and can affect users’ health,” he told reporters after officiating the closing of the Selangor KPDNHEP 2020 consumer and merchant tour program at Sekinchan here today.
The mask was being analyzed by the Department of Chemistry to guarantee its quality and did not rule out the possibility that a regulation would be introduced to ensure that only face masks that met the standards established to ensure consumer safety were allowed. .
In August, the government set the maximum price for a face mask at RM1 per unit.
Meanwhile, commenting on the Mega Sales Program and the Buy Malaysia Products Campaign, he said there was an increase in public awareness to revive the local economy affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rosol also said that consumers should not worry when buying locally made products as the quality is comparable to the quality of international products and some are even better. – Named
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