China’s Hubei Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued a notice on the results of the quality supervision and random inspection of disposable protective masks on August 16.
A total of 100 batches of masks were sampled in this period. The samples were from Wuhan, Xiangyang, Yichang, Jingmen, Huanggang, Qianjiang and other cities in the province. After inspection, 59 batches were found unqualified, with a disqualification rate of 59% and a pass rate of only 40%.
Unqualified items are mainly filtration efficiency, protection effect, and ventilation resistance, involving brands such as Interface (Jiemian), Zaiyiqi, Yili, Shumeijia, Duoyouyi, Weishian, Hualikang, Libangshun, and Golden Guard.
Units that have detected substandard masks include AEON (Hubei) Commercial Co., Ltd. Wuhan Jindi Store, Jingmen City Oriental Department Store Building, Xiangyang City Good Neighbor Chain Supermarket, Zhongbai Warehouse Supermarket Co., Ltd. Daye Store and other supermarkets, as well as Hubei Zhonglian University Pharmacy, Hubei Yonglian Pharmaceutical Chain, Hubei Xiaoyao Drug Retail Chain, Sinopharm Chunwei Chain and other pharmacies. Source