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| Source: MCI. |
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) in KSA has seized mattresses made with contaminated sponge from a warehouse south of Jeddah and will take legal procedures against the perpetrators.
Contaminated sponge from waste containers and the municipal dump was collected and used to stuff mattresses bearing fake trademarks such as Sleep Jowhar, Star Dream and Super Mark. MCI had earlier confiscated 10 thousand pillows and mattresses stuffed with contaminated sponge in a warehouse south of Jeddah with similar operations.
The second round of seizures included 500 mattresses ready for sale, 350 used ones, fabric, and sewing machinery. MCI inspectors have also impounded an Isuzu truck loaded with 300 mattresses for distribution locally.
The discovery came about as part of regular MCI inspections on warehouses and commercial institutions. MCI invites consumers to call in to their toll-free hotline 1900 with observations, or send a Commercial Notification.