» Throw Away Your Chinese Condoms

If you have any condoms manufactured in China, Please throw them away immediately. According to ABC News in Australia:

Police in central China have closed a factory producing fake and unsterile condoms and are tracking down over two million of the unsafe contraceptives already on the market, state press say.

The UK’s Times Online gives the names of the manufacturers whose products were counterfeited:

Since March, the workshop had turned out 2.16 million unsterilised condoms labelled as “Jissbon”, “Durex”, “Rough Rider”, “Six Sense” and “Love Card”. The workshop had earned about 80,000 yuan (£7,000).

via: The Consumerist

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6 Responses to “Throw Away Your Chinese Condoms”

November 13th, 2009 at 10:58 am
ropeadope says:

Hey Alison,
No Chinese condoms here. However, I do have a condom related question. Could you please don your “Ask Alison” hat? I purchased a box of 12 Trojan brand condoms circa 1998. The package has an expiration date of 02/2000. Eleven of the condoms remain unused (lol, talk about a miscalculation). Are they still usable? If so, what would you consider the outer limit for safe use? 2010? 2020? 2050? Please advise. Thank you.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Oruba says:

Buy new condoms. It’ll be cheaper than child support.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
alison hart says:

Hey Rope,

I replied to this the other day, but I guess it didn’t post correctly.

The answer is that you definitely need to throw those out. Condoms break down over time and are likely to tear when you do get a chance to use them. As Oruba says, new condoms are cheaper than child support.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
alison hart says:

Amen.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:31 am
ropeadope says:

Thank you Alison, will do. Expiration dates are funny. The only product whose expiration date I’ve pretty much adhered to over the years, is that of milk. Even with milk, I’ll take a tentative taste, unless it’s ridiculously past the date. I’ve consumed canned goods many years after the expiration date. I actually think those will still be fine 1000 years from now, unless the can becomes punctured or severely dented (allowing air to filter in). I’m not advocating others follow this procedure; it all depends on your risk tolerance level. At any rate, I’ll now lump the condoms in the milk category of expiration date decision making (without the tentative tasting part).
November 17th, 2009 at 4:36 am
ropeadope says:

Thank you Oruba, wise words indeed.