Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Directs Apple to report measures to prevent recurrence of product firing accidents

An accident that Apple's music player ignited during charging and the user was injuredMany occurrences from around 2007, both domestic and overseasAt last, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry instructed Apple to report based on the Consumer Product Safety Law.

The above picture showsThose shot by domestic users that actually ignited during chargingis.

Details are as below.
(PDF file)About collection of reports based on Consumer Product Safety Law for Apple Japan Co., Ltd. | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

According to the press release announcement by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a large number of accidents such as the burning of the main body of the product during charging and the minor injury of the user concerning the portable music player "iPod nano" released by the Japanese corporation of Japan domestically It seems to be.

Six reports have been reported to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Consumer Affairs Agency in accordance with the Critical Product Accident Reporting System of the Consumer Products Safety Law, and for other non-critical product accidents, There are 21 reports to the Evaluation Technology Infrastructure Organization.

In response to this situation, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry instructed Apple to report on measures to prevent recurrence of accidents by August 4, pursuant to Article 40, paragraph 1 of Consumer Products Safety Act I have said that.

In the link below, the contents of what the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry asked Apple for reporting is stated.

(PDF file)Douglas · Beck, President and Representative Director of Apple Japan Co., Ltd.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima | METI

1. Outline of accidents and reasons of accidents for serious product accidents for which accident causes have been known up to 21 cases and non-serious product accidents for 21 cases
2.1. In addition to the number of homogeneous accidents in Japan and overseas, outline of the accident and causes of the accident
3. About the contents and actual results of remedial measures and recurrence prevention measures taken so far
4. Arousal of future remarks and measures to prevent recurrence

By the way, according to the report of Asahi Shimbun, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has repeatedly asked Apple to recall "iPod nano" voluntarily, but the company did not respond.

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