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From my perspective as a person who's career has been in manufacturing, from the factory floor to supply chain consultant to factory owner who lived in China for 10-years, there is a distinct difference between definitions here of substandard quality and fake. If some company is trying to sell a non-3M designed and manufactured mask as a real 3M mask, that's the definition of "fake". If a company has poor manufacturing practices but is using materials which would otherwise be acceptable industry materials to make a mask to KN95 standards, but for some reason, a random sample of the lot is proven to be "Substandard" to the KN95 standards, that is the definition of "substandard".


Yes, "fake" implies lying and fraud, and not just manufacturing defects. It's an important distinction.




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