Market observation: lighting industry warning

2011 China will introduce a timetable for the elimination of incandescent lamps, but the specific time has not been determined. This means that as the world's largest producer and exporter of incandescent bulbs, China will bid farewell to the traditional incandescent electric lighting equipment.

December 3, 2010, the Ministry of health and ZellersInc. jointly announced a voluntary recall of Chinese made indoor / outdoor LED lantern string. The product was recalled for the Westinghouse brand indoor / outdoor LED lights string, CSA (Canadian Standards Association) registration number 77218, the string of lights from 2010 to 10 in November, the Canadian Zellers store sales. The number of goods recalled was about 163 thousand sets. The reason for the recall, the string of lights exposed, causing the user to the risk of electric shock or fire. Up to now, the Ministry of health has not received any reports of accidents.

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a new light source label requirements, the provisions of electric light source from June 2011 onwards packaging sales in the United States shall be affixed to the new label, do not meet the new requirements of the light source tag will not be allowed for sale in the United states. According to regulations, the new label will replace the original single power to distinguish between various types of electric light source model, increase the luminous flux, the annual energy cost, average life, temperature, amount of mercury and electric light source energy efficiency and toxic and harmful substances related information.

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