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Half of the masks on the market do not protect against Covid, and the Economy Ministry will issue an order to force traders to specify this, the corresponding minister, Virgil Popescu, said on Wednesday.
He specified that, as a result of the controls carried out by the ANPC, innumerable irregularities were found.
“I am disappointed with the quality of the masks on the market at the moment. If I told you that half of the masks currently on sale in distribution networks – hypermarkets, pharmacies, warehouses, importers – do not comply, that is, they do not protect us, you would say that I am exaggerating, but that is the reality. I want to send a very clear message that this must stop. We cannot accept that masks are put on the market that do not protect the population. “Popescu said.
According to him, ANPC fined some merchants 18 million lei who had non-compliant masks on the shelf.
The minister also advised people to buy Romanian masks.
“All non-compliant masks are imported masks. I want to tell Romanians that we have more than 16 companies producing masks in Romania, which can satisfy all the needs of Romanian consumers and advise them to look for Romanian products, because they are accredited, verified and are the best on the market “Popescu added.
He urged retailers and pharmacy networks to stop allowing non-compliant products to be marketed.
“We will issue an order clearly stating that these masks do not provide protection against Covid, so that people know when they buy that if that product is on the shelf and it is called a mask, it is not a protective mask.” added the Government representative.
