Kaohsiung mask firm fined NT$2 millionCRACKDOWN: The heavy penalty is seen as proof of the health department’s intention to curb illegal manufacturing and to serve as a warning to othersBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Kaohsiung Department of Health yesterday fined Jingxin Technology Co NT$2 million (US$68,318) for setting up unlicensed mask production equipment, while the Ministry of Labor said that it would send teams to regularly inspect mask facilities after it received complaints of breaches of labor laws. A Kaohsiung Department of Health official attaches a seal on a machine unlicensed for producing medical masks at Jingxin Technology Co in Kaohsiung during an inspection on Thursday. Photo: Huang Hsu-lei, Taipei TimesKaohsiung health officials said that Jingxin Technology was fined for breaches of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (藥事法). The owners of Jingxin Technology are a father and son surnamed Hsu (許). Ministry of Labor officials have said that they have instructed inspectors to make regular rounds of all mask manufacturing facilities.

Source: Taipei Times September 25, 2020 15:56 UTC