UL warns consumers about portable lamps with counterfeit UL labels sold at Big Lots stores

NORTHBROOK, Ill., USA, Jan. 7, 2004 -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is notifying consumers that certain portable lamps manufactured in China, exported by Four Star (Group) International in Taiwan, and sold at Big Lots stores throughout the United States bear counterfeit UL labels. These lamps do not meet the UL Standard for Safety and may pose shock hazards.

Description of product: Ceramic ginger jar, Victorian-style and Tiffany styled lamps.

Problem: The lamps bear counterfeit UL holographic labels, do not meet the UL Standard for Safety and may pose shock hazards.

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