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Report Says Fake Health Care Goods a Definite Danger to EU Consumers
The report found that seizures of counterfeit cosmetics and personal care products like razor blades and moisturising creams increased by 264 percent in 2007 over a year to total more than six million items.
Meanwhile in Geneva, the US proposed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) the creation of an international system of certification to protect consumers from couterfeit products.
Health Secretary Michael Leavitt suggested a collaborative system of international standards and local controls.
The Brussels report said the number of fake toys picked up grew 98 percent, and medicines by 51 percent. Dodgy computer equipment finds rose 62 percent.
"Counterfeiting continues to pose a dangerous threat to our health, safety and our economy," EU Taxation and Customs Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs warned.
Surprisingly, given this substantial rise, the total number of such goods seized in the 27 nation European Union actually went down owing to a drop in the number of counterfeit CDs, DVDs and cigarettes intercepted.
However the European Commission report noted: "Although the overall amount of articles seized by customs has decreased compared to last year, there has been an increase in sectors that are potentially dangerous to consumers."
It listed Georgia, followed by Turkey and then China -- which is responsible for almost 60 percent of all counterfeit goods seized in the EU -- as being the main sources of fake personal care products.
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