Saw a thread here a while ago about the booming business of faking UL/CSA labels - IIRC, US Customs has several shipping container lots full of fakes - "labeled" and "listed" stem to stern.

The problem appears to be that it's more of a civil (copyright) infringment than a criminal (safety) issue to the US government, so enforcement is a low priority. Besides, they've got a hard enough time screening all of the inbound cargo for chem/rad/bio signatures - who really cares about a defective outlet with a bogus sticker, right: [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by DougW (edited 01-14-2004).]