The Federal Trade Commission will introduce new rules for the next year

From the beginning of the 2011 year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC Federal, Trade Commission) requires all lighting new label attached in the package, designed to help consumers in the market can be selected for their products.

The United States Federal Trade Commission in November 2009 to develop the latest light bulb output labels, and said that the new regulations will take effect in about a year's time.

This is the first time that the brightness (flux) of the luminaire is revised on the package surface label, rather than the power of the luminaire.

The latest positive packaging label also includes the expected annual energy consumption for a specific type of bulb.

In addition, there is a "Lighting Facts" label on the back of each bulb package, which provides the product information including:

Brightness;

Energy consumption;

Expected service life;

Light shine;

Power power;

Light bulb contains mercury

In the light bulb packaging label, not only includes the brightness of the bulb, mainly the luminous flux measurement value of the bulb, in addition, as well as whether the lamp contains mercury, but also on the label of each lamp.