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State finds ‘Hot’ brand too porous to use
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Sep 25th, 2009 - 12:47:05 |
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By Elizabeth Mwai
The controversial Hot condoms brand has been banned after recording 100 per
cent failure rate.
The condoms, which are manufactured by a UK based company Contempo, have
been recalled following confirmed leakage tests by the Kenya
Bureau
of Standards (Kebs).
Kebs Chief Manager, Quality Assurance and Inspection John Wepukhulu, has
directed retail outlets to remove the substandard product from their shelves
immediately.
"Kebs inspectors will be carrying out market surveillance and any Hot brand
condoms would be seized and the vendor prosecuted for offering a
sub-standard product for sale," said Wepukhulu. Addressing the Press at Kebs
headquarters, Wepukhulu said the Hot condoms did not comply with the
Standards Authority requirement and thus the withdrawal.
The bureau is, however, not sure of the quantities of Hot condoms in the
market, which retails at Sh200, and have embarked on a nationwide research
to establish the volumes.
Furthermore, Wepukhulu said, they have a week to mop up this entire brand of
condoms from the market. The importer will, however, not be stopped from
continuing to supply other Contempo range of products like Rough Rider, Wet
n Wild, Bareback, Power Play, Midnight, Endurance and King Size, which meet
Kebs requirement.
"The importers other products, which met the standard so it may not be wise
to stop them," said Wepukhulu. But they have taken steps to ensure that all
condoms in the market were tested and branded.
The condoms, Wepukhulu said, had been tested at the point of entry but they
had found nothing wrong with them.
Kebs, he said, had received information from their Zambian counterpart and
were investigating before the Kenyan media broke the news.
Hot has been in circulation locally for the last one year.
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Edgar Dearn Makona
East Africa Regional Focal Point
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Starwood Apartments, Hurlingham, Nairobi, Kenya
P. O. Box 14907 | Tel: +254 733 465396 | +254 20 2433573
edgar (at) youthaidscoalition.org
www.iAIDS.org | www.youthaidscoalition.org
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