Daily Reckoning: Chinese Condoms

[Demeter]

http://www.dailyreckoning.com/

The Chinese have had a hard time with goods they’ve been exporting to the United States lately...tainted pet food, “filthy” fish, lead toys...and now – faulty condoms? Yikes...

The Washington Post reports that “tens of thousands of condoms provided free by the District to curb HIV-AIDS have been returned to the health department because of complaints that their paper package is easily damaged and could render the condoms ineffective.”

Organizations that give prophylactics out for free reported an 80% decrease after introducing the Chinese condoms.

Added to the complaint that the wrappers were easily torn is that the expiration dates were often illegible and “as a result, recipients said they had little confidence that the condoms would offer protection.”

Whoops...

[Kagemusha]

1. That doesn't say that they are defective, just that people don't trust them.

Wonder if the dates are written in chinese numbers and not roman.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. But hey, if they put lead in your pencil.... heh, bad joke. n/t

[NYC]

3. The FDA rejected a shipment of surgical gloves from China

because they had tiny holes in them. I suppose the same problem could exist with condoms.