With Market For COVID Tests, Face Masks Likely To Last, Senators Suggest Requiring Efficacy Labeling
Executive Summary
Consumer Protection, Product Safety And Data Security Subcommittee hearing ventures past enforcement against false advertising for COVID-19 products and sales of fraudulently labeled products to criticism of e-commerce and social media providers for not keeping those products off their digital platforms.
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