The Investigators: Feds say fake COVID-19 tests from China seized at Memphis FedEx facility

[SheltieLover]

[link:https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/04/08/investigators-feds-say-fake-covid-tests-china-seized-memphis-fedex-facility/|

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A federal affidavit obtained by WMC Action News 5 states 100 fake COVID-19 tests were recently seized at the FedEx hub in Memphis.

The document claims the tests were purchased by an unnamed person in Oregon who didn’t have a medical license and were manufactured by a company based in China.

The affidavit also mentions a video on a Twitter account that says the product is “effective” but, according to the federal document, “there is no record that this medical device is approved or cleared by the FDA."

“Those commodities need to be inspected, released and cleared through us,” said Mike Neipert, Memphis’s Port Director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is based inside FedEx’s international sorting facility.

More at link.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. So, no proof they're fake tests, just that they weren't FDA approved.

[Igel]

3. Ah, a true laissez-faire believer.

Don't regulate anything, but if things aren't quite right let the customer sue.

The Chinese sent quite a few fakes to Czechia. And Britain got rooked by a Chinese firm.

The regulation doesn't say, "Okay unless proven bad." But "not okay unless first approved."

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Stop putting words in my mouth. The article says the tests are 'effective'.

Therefore, they're not fakes. But they haven't been FDA tested nor approved.

[stillcool]

2. got to have a work-around..

to get any medical equipment that could be beneficial to the American people, past the federal government.

[jayfish]

5. Global Supply Chains...

for the win.