According to a report by the Daily Mail on August 5, a video showed workers smoking e-cigarettes in the factory for testing, revealing the dangers of counterfeit e-cigarettes. According to ELFBAR, the factories featured in the video "do not belong to ELFBAR nor have any association with ELFBAR."
The video from last year, which has gone viral over the past few months, shows male workers "testing" dozens of products before replicas of the one-off ELFBAR are packaged and packaged.
Daily Mail: ELFBAR refutes rumors that "mouth-to-mouth detection of e-cigarettes" video pirated manufacturers have been shut down
An ELFBAR spokesperson told the Daily Mail:
"ELFBAR is proud to provide quality products to users worldwide. However, certain unscrupulous manufacturers are manufacturing and promoting counterfeit e-cigarettes for their own benefit, which puts the reputation of the entire industry and user safety at risk.
ELFBAR said that in order to further solve this problem, first of all, ELFBAR has been cracking down on illegal e-cigarettes for a long time, developing an intelligence file to track counterfeit products, which is updated every week.
"Secondly, through a unique security code, users can verify the authenticity of the product on our global official website."
The spokesperson also said that the bootleg factory was shut down shortly after ELFBAR's lawyers sent a letter.
Last November, ELFBAR CEO Victor Shaw stated:
“Consumers would be appalled if they saw the conditions in which these products were manufactured, and for good reason. Criminals of these counterfeit products have no regard for product safety or consumer health, and they do everything in their power to maximize profits.
The video led ELFBAR to share images and videos of how the official factory operates.
The video shows workers wearing white protective clothing and gloves in the clean factory. E-cigarettes are tested using machines.
Freshly assembled products are placed in a suction device that pulls on them for about a second to make sure they work properly.
Daily Mail: ELFBAR refutes rumors that "mouth-to-mouth detection of e-cigarettes" video pirated manufacturers have been shut down
ELFBAR workshop|Photo source: ELFBAR
ELBAR announced on its website that it launched an anti-counterfeiting operation in June 2021 to find and shut down piracy factories.
ELFBAR said in a statement:
“The criminals who manufacture these counterfeit products have no responsibility for product safety or consumer safety, and they do everything in their power to maximize profits. We will not sit idly by while counterfeit products prosper, tarnishing the reputation of legitimate manufacturers and at the same time Consumer safety poses a significant risk."