The masks will not run out of stock in the second half of 2020, because the first six months of production was too large, hoarding a lot of them, and now, the epidemic has stabilized, so there will be no price increase.
Operators are not allowed to fabricate or spread information about price increases of epidemic prevention supplies and livelihood commodities.
The guidance also makes it clear that operators in the retail sector, in addition to retaining the necessary inventory to maintain business continuity, do not promptly sell the relevant commodities to the public, and continue to stockpile after admonition by the market supervision department. Can be found to constitute the "price violations of administrative penalties provisions of" Article 6 (2) of the price gouging illegal behavior.
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The mask has a certain filtering effect on the air entering the lungs, and it is very useful to wear a mask when respiratory infectious diseases are prevalent, and when you are working in a polluted environment such as dust.
During the prevention and control of new coronavirus outbreaks, the production of new coronavirus for the prevention and control of new coronavirus does not meet the national standards for the protection of human health, industry standards for medical devices, medical hygiene materials, or the sale of medical devices for the prevention and control of new coronavirus known to be not in line with the national standards for the protection of human health, industry standards for medical devices, medical hygiene materials, does not have a protective, life-saving function. Enough to seriously jeopardize human health.
Medical institutions or individuals who knew or should have known that the medical devices and medical hygiene materials stipulated in the preceding paragraph did not conform to the national and industrial standards for the protection of human health, but purchased and used them for a fee, are guilty of the crime of "production and sale of medical devices that do not conform to the standards", and are sentenced to a maximum of life imprisonment.
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