Dentists warned of counterfeit equipment following huge haul
Medical regulator launches investigations after thousands of pieces of poor quality imported dental equipment seized. The dental equipment was imported into the UK from China and Pakistan and sold on eBay, Amazon and Alibaba. Photograph: Medicines And Healthcare Product/PA
Dentists have been warned about the potential danger of buying and using counterfeit and unapproved dental equipment, a regulator has said.
It follows the seizure of over 12,000 different pieces of poor quality dental equipment imported into the UK from China and Pakistan and sold on auction websites such as eBay, Amazon and Alibaba in the past six months.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/17/dentists-warn-counterfeit-equipment-seized-haul
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