Published: March 02, 2007
UL Warns of Potentially Hazardous Portable Incandescent Floor Lamps

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is notifying
consumers that portable incandescent floor lamps manufactured by Shangyu
Dong Electrical Appliance Decoration Lamp Company have not been evaluated
by UL and bear an unauthorized UL Mark for the United States.
Name of Product: 5-Light Floor Lamp

Number of Units: Unknown
Manufacturer: Shangyu Dong Electrical Appliance Decoration
Lamp Company in Zhejiang, China
Date of Manufacture: April of 2004 to present
Hazard: This product may overheat, posing a fire and shock hazard.
Identification:
On the product
The product has a holographic label marked with an unauthorized UL Mark
with the following information:
E230863
Model GX6409
What you should do: UL recommends that users stop using the product
immediately and return it to the place of purchase.
Consumer Contact:
Shangyu Dongshum Electrical Appliance
Decoration Lamp Company
Shangyu Economic Area, 273 Mid Yuexiu Road
Shangyu, Zhejiang 312300, China
Telephone: 86-575-2128708
E-mail: Lampco@mail.sxptt.zj.cn
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit
product safety certification organization that has been testing products
and writing Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than
19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with
21 billion UL Marks appearing on 71,000 manufacturers' products each year.
UL's worldwide family of companies and network of service providers
includes 66 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving
customers in 104 countries. For more information, visit: www.UL.com.

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