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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.