Officers contacted the trademark holder and were told that the shipment was not licensed.
According to Customs officers, the counterfeit N95 respirator face masks infringes on the NIOSH trademark.
Customs officers said counterfeiters have recognized that the demand for personal protective equipment remains high. In the first three months of calendar year 2021, Customs and Border Protection seized 18 million counterfeit face masks.
Customs and Border Protection across the nation seized more than 12 million counterfeit face masks in all of fiscal year 2020, and only 1,300 counterfeit face masks in fiscal year 2019.
In the Houston area of operations, Customs and Border Protection seized 2.1 million counterfeit masks from January to March of this year, a stark increase from the 365,000 counterfeit face masks seized in all of 2020.
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On the same day U.S. Rep. John Katko is visiting the southern border, he criticized President Joe Biden s selection to lead Customs and Border Protection.