All electrical products will have one or more safety certifications on their label if made by a legitimate manufacturer. Asking for the instruction manual will also help to confirm legitimacy of ...

CPSC Warns of Dangerous Counterfeit Electrical Products. Jul 01, 2010; The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning consumers that, ... (UL), and the manufacturer's label.

This has even extended to electrical goods which have infiltrated between 40% to 80% of markets on the continent, posing a potentially lethal risk to millions of consumers.

A strain on households’ finances caused by the cost-of-living crisis is pushing shoppers to second-hand electrical goods as an alternative to new, according to a consumer safety charity.