Consumer News Mar 4, 2021 06:59 PM By Sean Marsala Can you tell if this 3M-branded N95 mask is counterfeit? Banej / Flickr A year into the coronavirus pandemic, it’s harder than ever to know what products to trust. The pandemic has given rise to medical and wellness markets filled with misleading claims, rushed solutions, and outright fraudsters hocking counterfeit and inadequate products. The FDA is working to separate the wheat from the chaff, issuing Emergency Use Authorizations for well-researched and tested treatments and working with other agencies and businesses to shut down bad actors trying to infiltrate the market. FDA vs modern “snake-oil salesmen”