Lamps have to pass the cheese cloth test - you take a double layer of cheese cloth, drape it over the lamp with the safety guard in it. The lamp is turned on and left for seven hours. If it doesn't ignite, it passes the test. But that is just for new lamps. It had no effect on those in 40 million American homes that are operating unsafely.
Retailers provide consumers with a retro-fit kit.
It's just a wire grid you install yourself. You don't have to bring the lamp in. You don't even have to go back to the store where you bought it. And you don't have to pay. So that brings us up to date in the United States - a new standard in February and a recall of sorts in August.