{"id":1282,"date":"2015-07-31T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2015-07-31T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:56:32","slug":"counterfeit-condoms-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/counterfeit-condoms-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Enormous Shipment Of Counterfeit Chinese Condoms Seized In Europe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A huge shipment of illegally produced sub-standard condoms has been intercepted by authorities in Italy. The seizure triggered an investigation which has resulted in a worldwide task force busting a large-scale Chinese operation based out of Guangdong. 3 million counterfeit contraceptives have been destroyed, along with two large machines used in their production.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know where the rubber comes from. Produced in underground factories, such condoms, with fragile rubber and poor flexibility, may lead to accidental pregnancies and bacterial infections. We found consumers were unaware of how to distinguish these condoms,&#8221;<\/em> a\u00a0Chinese\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/black-spots-in-stool\/\">doctor<\/a> told the Guangdong-based newspaper The Time Weekly.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1283\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fake-Condoms.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Condoms\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/is-gold-still-worth-buying\/\">China<\/a> produces more than\u00a010 billion condoms every single year. That accounts for over 25% of the world&#8217;s total, apparently. And as with any production process in the country, ruthless gangsters were quick to hit upon of the idea of producing cheap inferior version of the product. Just as they do with electronics and clothing. In the case of the condoms, they would often bulk buy expired condoms which needed to be destroyed and apply a dangerous oil-based lubricant to them and repackage them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the subject matter,\u00a0the seizure is no laughing matter.\u00a0Zhang Wenliang, a high-ranking policeman in charge of the case said this to the\u00a0Shanghai-based news website xinmin.cn,\u00a0<em>&#8220;The seized condoms were tested by the local <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/top-10-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally\/\">food<\/a> and drug administration and it was discovered that they contained heavy metals and posed a serious risk to human <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/silent-killer-sleep-deprivation-destroying-your-health\/\">health<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A huge shipment of illegally produced sub-standard condoms has been intercepted by authorities in Italy. The seizure triggered an investigation which has resulted in a worldwide task force busting a large-scale Chinese operation based out of Guangdong. 3 million counterfeit contraceptives have been destroyed, along with two large machines used in their production. &#8220;We don&#8217;t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[808,905,941,943,1405],"class_list":{"0":"post-1282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-china-fake-condoms","9":"tag-condoms","10":"tag-counterfeit","11":"tag-counterfeit-condoms","12":"tag-fake-condoms"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enormous Shipment Of Counterfeit Chinese Condoms Seized In Europe! 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