Chinese company sued by US for selling ‘fake’ masks wasn’t certified, Beijing says
- King Year Packaging and Printing was not on list of enterprises approved or registered as meeting foreign standards, according to commerce ministry
- Complaint alleges the firm falsely claimed that the nearly half a million masks it shipped to American buyers met the N95 standard
A Chinese company sued for selling nearly half a million fake and substandard N95 respirators to US buyers in April was not a certified maker of medical masks, Chinese authorities said on Monday.
Guangdong-based King Year Packaging and Printing was not on a list of enterprises approved or registered as meeting foreign standards, China’s commerce ministry said.
The firm allegedly falsely claimed the 495,200 masks it shipped had met the N95 standard and that they were certified by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The mask importer paid over US$1 million for them, the complaint said.
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“According to our preliminary understanding, the Chinese company involved in this case is a manufacturer of non-medical masks and is not on the list of companies certified or registered as meeting foreign standards,” the commerce ministry said.
