The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has alerted, through its website, on the removal of eight FFP2-type masks both due to its insufficient filtration efficiency and its lack of adjustment to the contour of the face. After considering that each of these masks does not comply with European protection regulations, the Rapid Alert System of the European Union (Rapex) has decided to withdraw them from the market and asked society to stop using them as soon as possible.
According to the European body on its website, half of the masks that have been withdrawn from the market They had a filtration efficiency lower than the 92% required by the European Union. Meanwhile, the rest of the masks have had to be removed because they did not fit well to the face, which facilitates the spread of the virus, or because they did not have the necessary certificate to prove their effectiveness.
These are the masks that have been recalled: check if yours is one of them
Here is the list of masks that have been recalled due to their lack of effectiveness in the fight against COVID-19. A disease that, since the first cases were detected a little over a year ago in the Chinese region of Wuhan, has infected 77 million people and killed 1.7 million worldwide:
- Simbio Disposable Non Sterile Mask
- Lucca Light. Lucca Care
- EAN 7 805070 003660
- KN95 Face Mask
- Disposable protective mask with 3 lawyers
- Da Shang Ren Yi Disposable fase mask
- KN95
- 3M (Counterfeit) Aura 9332 + (it’s a fake).
In case you have any of these at home, get rid of it as soon as possible to avoid a possible contagion. In this way, Rapex has already retired or relabelled a total of 151 mask models since the beginning of the pandemic. Mainly those cataloged as FFP2, those recommended for people at risk and those who care for them. Taking advantage of the withdrawal of these masks, the Consumer and User Organization recalls that only KN95 type masks can be marketed to exhaust stocks. On the other hand, the organization recommends verifying that the labeling includes the CE marking and a numbering that corresponds to the EN 149 standard and the certifying laboratory.
Be careful with these hydroalcoholic gels: they do not comply with European regulations
On the other hand, Rapex has also withdrawn several gels from the market because it contains low levels of Ethanol and provides less protection against COVID-19 than the rest. The first of them It is a product of the PRADY brand that has gone on sale in 250 and 500 milliliter formats. In the case of the 250-milliliter bottle, the European agency indicates that it is batch F2629 with barcode 8423564091932. Regarding the 500-milliliter container, the withdrawn batch has been F2604-1 with EAN 8423564092236. Therefore, and since no contains insufficient amount of ethanol, from the OCU they recommend that you proceed to return it at their point of sale.
The second alert refers to a bottle of hydroalcoholic gel from the Verita Farma brand that has been sold in a container of 100 milliliters. Specifically batch 4130 with barcode 8429014012502. After analyzing the product, the European body has revealed that it barely contains 28.4% ethanol, well below the recommended. For all these reasons, and given that it does not reach the estimated 60% for proper disinfection, it is not effective against bacteria or viruses.
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