Panda Mart fined $80,000 over electrical products posing shock risk

Panda Mart fined $80,000 over electrical products posing shock risk

Cranbourne’s international budget retailer Panda Mart has been fined $80,000 after an Energy Safe Victoria investigation uncovered hundreds of non-compliant household electrical products, including dangerous lamps that put shoppers at risk of electric shock. The company pleaded guilty to 15 charges under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 for offering to supply a range of electrical equipment that didn’t meet mandatory safety requirements, includin…