Health authority warns against fake Durex condoms in Spain – CSN News

Friday, February 21, 2025 at 11:26

Aemps, the Spanish agency for medicines and healthcare products, has issued a warning after becoming aware that counterfeit Durex condoms were being sold in an establishment in Barcelona. Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare S A is the distributor of the company in Spain. They confirmed that these products were not authentic because they used outdated batch numbers.

Check the expiration date and batch number on the bottom of the carton to identify the item. If you are unsure, call the Spanish distributor at 900 456-467. If you suspect that you’ve been sold a fake product, please notify Aemps via email to pscontrol@aemps.es. Include the name of the company who supplied the product.

Counterfeit batches and models

The list below shows the affected condoms and their batches. Do not use any condoms whose batch number and expiry date are the same.

Lot 0010471127. Classic range. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

– Elite range. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

– Model Excita Ribbed range. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

– Presentation of three units from the Extra Safe range. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

– Jeans range. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

Lot 0010471127. – Mutual Climax. Lot 0010471127. Expiration date 2028-02.

Lot 1000483808. – 12 unit presentation of the Extra Safe range. Lot 1000483808. Expiration date 2028-02.

Lot 1000408758. Lot 1000408758. Lot 1000408758.

Lot 1000587102. Lot 1000587102. Expiration dates 2023-03, 2028-02 and 2028-02.