This lot clearly showed blacktopping material in the mould cavity. These should be completely clean. In this cavity there is actually a country of origin mark which is hard to read due to the paint covering it. 
Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
