BICA Vision coloured lenses

A worrying news story here from Singapore where over 100 boxes of counterfeit CIBA Vision coloured contact lenses have been seized from at least five optical shops across the island. The lenses, which look authentic but have typographical errors on the packaging (thus my headline typo), have been found to be unsafe and of poor quality. Most worryingly, tests by the Health Services Authority showed that the storage liquid was not sterile and was contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The Singapore News has a nice selection of photos to show the differences between the packaging of the authentic CIBA Vision Colorblends and the imitation packaging. The situation came to light with CIBA when some optical shops tried to exchange the counterfeit products. CIBA says it's the first time its lenses have been counterfeited, although other manufacturers have been victims to contact lens counterfeiting in the past such as CooperVision in the US back in 2004 http://www.icc-ccs.co.uk/bascap/article.php?articleid=215. It seems the shops in Singapore were 'knowingly not buying from an authorised dealer'. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1141932/1/.html