The United States on the lamp label standards important amendments to the program, including LED lights, etc.

November 16, 2009, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued G/TBT/N/USA/500 bulletin, the label of the lamp to be amended. In addition to the above proposed product label requirements, the FTC also requires a light bulb in the light bulb. Therefore, the FTC decided to amend the existing labeling scheme, the program covers the main lamp for ordinary household lighting bulbs, including general incandescent, CFL and LED lights, etc.. In addition, it is easy to mistake the power as a measure of the brightness of the lamp.

November 16, 2009, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued G/TBT/N/USA/500 bulletin, the label of the lamp to be amended. According to the 2007 energy independence and security act of the United States of America in the 321st quarter, FTC need to consider the effectiveness of the current lamp label, and to develop a more reasonable alternative labeling program. At present, the FTC requirements of the lamp label, including light transmission, power and life of several types of information. After the study found that the label is not sufficient to fully reflect the light of the important information, such as color temperature are not marked out. In addition, it is easy to mistake the power as a measure of the brightness of the lamp. Therefore, the FTC decided to amend the existing labeling scheme, the program covers the main lamp for ordinary household lighting bulbs, including general incandescent, CFL and LED lights, etc..

1 packaging labels

Brightness and Energycost information should be provided on the front panel

There are LightingFacts tags on the side or rear panel

2 product label

In addition to the above proposed product label requirements, the FTC also requires a light bulb in the light bulb. For mercury containing lamps, the notification requires manufacturers to indicate the following information in a certain position of the lamp: "ContainsMERCURY.See epa.gov/bulbrecyclingor1-800-XXXXXXX"