3M Responds to Inaccurate Reporting on Alleged Seizure of N95 Respirator Shipments
April 05 2020 - 4:11PM
Business Wire
3M Extends Offer of Support to German Authorities to Investigate
Potentially Fraudulent Activity
3M issued the following statement in response to inaccurate
media reports alleging a shipment of 3M personal protective
equipment (PPE) was seized and diverted by U.S. authorities on
Friday, April 3, while in transit from a 3M China facility to
Berlin Police:
“3M has no evidence to suggest 3M products have been seized. 3M
has no record of any order of respirators from China for the Berlin
police. We cannot speculate where this report originated.”
3M has extended an offer of help to the German authorities to
try to determine if this false report is the result of fraudulent
activity. We have extended this offer to all countries seeking to
verify the authenticity of offers to sell respirators. 3M is
committed to combating any illegal activity in connection with our
products and the COVID-19 outbreak and is working with law
enforcement to identify and punish perpetrators.
3M will continue to correct misinformation about our efforts to
manufacture and distribute these products globally.
3M will continue to maximize the amount of respirators we can
produce for heroic healthcare workers in the U.S. and worldwide, as
we have done so since January when this global crisis began.
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improve lives daily. With $32 billion in sales, our 96,000
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