NORFOLK, Va. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Norfolk-Newport News port recently seized about $38,000 in counterfeit commercial kitchen equipment on Friday.
The shipment, sent from Jordan to Chicago, included a charcoal chicken grill, charcoal kabob grill, falafel fryer, pizza oven, three shawarma 5-burner gas grills, and a rotisserie chicken grill. Officers initially inspected the equipment on July 30 and suspected the UL certification marks were fake because the manufacturers’ product plates did not include the required UL file numbers.
After consulting CBP trade experts and UL brand protection specialists, officers confirmed the marks were unauthorized and seized the shipment on Aug. 25…