The General Optical Council has announced that it is prosecuting eBay for ‘aiding and abetting’ contact lens sales on its UK web site, without the involvement of a qualified optician.
The internet giant has responded by telling OPTICIAN it will contest the action, and calling the Council’s claims ‘libellous’.
A statement from the GOC said there were more than 200 contact lens sales on eBay.co.uk, ranging from prescription daily disposables to 360-day colour lenses.
The GOC will argue that eBay is responsible for preventing unsupervised sales of the contact lenses via its web site. GOC registrar Peter Coe said: ‘They have the means to stop these items being listed. Members of the public are being put at risk because eBay are just not willing to act on this.’
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