Consumer watchdog destroyed 900,000 face masks amid tighter crackdown on unsafe products

CCPC Chair Jeremy Godfrey said: 'Our coordinated activities with our EU and EEA counterparts, ensured that over 900,000 non-compliant face masks were destroyed before they could reach the Irish market.' Picture: Pexels

The country's consumer watchdog stopped more than 900,000 non-compliant face masks from reaching the Irish market last year, as it vowed to tighten enforcement and compliance on defective and unsafe products.

The annual report for 2021 from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) also outlined how it received its first contacts to its anonymous whistleblowing system for cartels.