Starting September 17, all surgical masks on sale to the public must be imprinted with “MD” for “Medical Device” and “Made in Taiwan,” the Food and Drugs Administration (referred to as the FDA) announced Thursday (Sept. 10).
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic started ravaging, Taiwan has seen a continuing rising demand for surgical masks. To allow citizens to quickly recognize Taiwan-made surgical masks, the FDA said Thursday that it will require all locally made surgical face masks produced on or after Sept. 17 to be embossed with the acronyms "MD" (medical device) and "MIT" (made in Taiwan). The imprints must be located within 1.5 centimeters of the corner of a mask and must be at least 0.4 cm high.
Masks without the imprints will have to be removed from shelves by Dec. 17 in a move to thwart the import of non-medical grade masks from China. Citizens need to pay attention to mask packages' labels and information that are approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the FDA reminded. For detailed information, please refer to 西藥、醫療器材及化粧品許可證查詢系統. Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare
Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare
