09/17/2011

Chinese condoms 'too small' for South Africans

Pretoria court blocks government contract for 11 million female condoms because the made-in-China condoms are 20 percent too small.
China condom africa 09 16 2011
A worker displays 'Clinton' brand condoms produced by the Guangzhou Haojian Bio-science Co during a promotion in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)

A South African court has stopped the government from buying 11 million condoms from China on the grounds that the made-in-China condoms are too small.

But the problem is not what you might expect — the condoms in this case are for women.

Judge Sullette Potterill set aside a decision by South Africa's finance minister to award a contract for the supply of female condoms to a KwaZulu-Natal company that planned to import the condoms from China, Johannesburg's Citizen newspaper reports.

The Chinese female condoms, with the brand name "Phoenurse," have not been approved by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Agency or the South African Bureau of Standards, and are 20 percent smaller than the approved product, South Africa's Beeld newspaper reports.

Read more at Global Post

Sep 17, 2011 5:36:36 PM

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