Thai authorities varieties panel to probe the export of used medical gloves

The Thai authorities has fashioned a panel to research the export of tens of millions of used medical gloves from Thailand to the US. The investigation follows a current CNN report into the worldwide commerce of substandard medical equipment, with an underground trade having emerged in Southeast Asia, in search of to capitalise on Covid-fuelled international demand. Reporters discovered that tens of millions of counterfeit and second-hand nitrile gloves had reached the US.

After the CNN report was revealed this week, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha tasked Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit with heading up the probe, with the difficulty having attracted international headlines. While no particular deadline has been set, Jurin expects that – within the absence of unexpected complications – the probe will launch its findings soon.
ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่อยุ่อาศัย  emphasised that “exporting medical provides with out permission, including medical gloves, runs opposite to Thai law”, and pointed to the significance of the investigation quickly and clearly speaking its findings in in search of to reinforce the picture of Thailand’s exports.
As reported by CNN, a US businessman, who positioned an order for about US$2 million of gloves from Thai-based firm Paddy the Room, had described receiving washed and recycled gloves, some of which “had bloodstains”. The gloves had been subsequently discarded in a landfill, with the businessman notifying US authorities

While Thai FDA agents had raided Paddy the Room last December, arresting the proprietor of the warehouse, they had been unable to bring costs against the tenant, a Hong Kong resident, with the company having subsequently relocated its operations..