The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has delisted three companies manufacturing substandard face masks. Kebs in a statement on Tuesday said it carried out a countrywide surveillance on surgical face masks and established that some unscrupulous manufacturers and economic operators were taking advantage to sale substandard masks. Kebs said the use of substandard medical face-masks or even misuse is highly risky because it gives one a false sense of protection thereby increasing the risk of exposure. "Consequently, the manufacturers and importers of the said brands of products are instructed to discontinue manufacturing or offering for sale the affected brands of face masks," the statement read. The institution said the manufactures have been directed to recall all the substandard masks from the market and institute corrective actions whose effectiveness shall be confirmed by Kebs before the suspension of the standardization mark permits is lifted.

Source: The Star July 28, 2020 17:15 UTC