LOS ANGELES—Authorities recently seized nearly 4,000 counterfeit water filters being imported from China at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, officials announced May 24.
The items, if genuine, would have had a suggested manufacturer’s retail price of nearly $150,000, according to Jaime Ruiz of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“CBP officers discovered the filters while conducting an examination of a mixed ocean freight arriving from China,” Ruiz said in a statement.
The water filters, seized on April 10, had counterfeit “National Sanitation Foundation” logos printed on them, Ruiz said.
“Consumers buying water filters on e-commerce sites should be aware that is extremely difficult to spot those containing fraudulent copied certifications,” said Carlos C. Martel, the department’s director of field operations in Los Angeles….