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There was a lot of demand for a non-contact thermometer that does not touch the skin due to Corona 19, but companies who distributed unauthorized defective products were found.

With only 30,000 confirmed this time, the difference in performance from a proper thermometer is also significant.



Reporter Lim Tae-woo reports.



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is a thermometer that measures in infrared light without touching the skin.



When I measured the forehead with a hot pack with a certified thermometer, 38.1 degrees was displayed, but the unauthorized thermometer was 36.8 degrees.



It measures 1.3 degrees lower than the certified product.



Even if there is a fever symptom due to corona, it can be mistaken and passed over as normal.



Non-contact infrared thermometers are classified as medical devices under the current law and must be approved or certified by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.



Unauthorized products are secretly made in Korea or smuggled in China without such certification.



[Seoul City official: There are many defects in China?]



[Correspondence company employee: There are many defects in China, but there is almost no defect rate for that product, maybe.]



There are 12 types of unlicensed thermometers that the city of Seoul has detected. It is worth 1.3 billion won.



The found companies used to deceive consumers by promoting their product descriptions as if they were thermometers instead of avoiding crackdowns by describing them as'thermometers', not'thermometers' in online shopping malls that do not require authentication.



[Gimsipil / Seoul consumer law gyeongchaldan Team: (required) If this expression must thermometers when purchasing to try suspected at once that something that recognizes products that are sikyak destination permit, confirmation, etc. Marketing Authorization Number



SMG unauthorized manufacture, They handed over 12 vendors to the police and said they would continue to monitor the online market in the future.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, video editing: So Ji-hye, screen courtesy: Seoul Civil Life Judicial Police)