The sale of counterfeit products continues this year. And now a medicine that claims to cure COVID stands out among them.
Magdalena Collado, an officer of Customs and Border Protection, explained that this year the sale of counterfeit drugs like this has created concern among agents.
“And then they say it’s to cure them and at the moment it hasn’t been regulated by the FDA. And then we don’t know the contents of those pills they’re selling right now,” Collado explains.
This demonstration was held this Tuesday, in the American Airlines cargo building at JFK Airport.
National Security Investigation Inspectors and the Customs and Border Protection Office will alert consumers to the best-selling pirated items these days.
“Right now we don’t want to make sure the products are real, not counterfeit and don’t cause years to the consumer,” the agent explains.
From October 2019 to September this year, more than 26,000 shipments of goods that violate intellectual property rights have been intercepted.
The seized sum will dry up to more than $ 1.3 billion nationwide.
Pirate products include sports equipment T-shirts, watches, lenses, wallets, shoes, iPhones, tablets, video games, batteries and toys.
And other counterfeit items that can also be dangerous to batteries.
“They can exploit their products when they use these batteries,” warns Collado.
And in the shipments of fake toys and backpacks a high level of lead was detected: “The situation is very alarming because it contains lead and is very dangerous for families.”
To avoid styles, agents are advised to buy their gifts at trusted stores and examine the quality of the merchandise.
“If you see the fabric here, it is counterfeit because the fabric is not well made,” the authority details.
As a general recommendation: when you see an offer on the internet that is too good to be true, this product has a good chance of being counterfeited.
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