| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has significant concerns about potentially hazardous radiation-emitting electronic products that importers try to bring into the U.S.To help protect public health, the FDA publishes “Import Alerts” along with information about unsafe radiation-emitting products. Each alert lists the reason for the alert, what products or manufacturers are affected, what FDA laws and/or regulations appear to have been violated, and other information.Recently, the FDA has issued “Import Alerts” for the following radiation-emitting electronic products: –Sunlamps, including tanning machines and facial units (Import Alert 95-01) –Laser products, including laser pointers, laser gunsights, laser levels, and laser light show equipment (Import Alert 95-04) –Non-certified electronics, including microwave ovens, projectors, engravers, laser markers and cutter machines, X-ray equipment, and television receivers (Import Alert 95-05) |
CDRH also publishes a list of known radiation-emitting electronic products that have failed safety testing and are hazardous to use. However, this is not an exhaustive list. Consumers should be aware that even electronic products — that are not on the alerts list — may be hazardous if used unsafely. When using radiation-emitting electronic products, consumers should follow safety instructions.
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If you have additional questions, email RadHealth@fda.hhs.gov.