The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry strictly touched Apple and did not report 34 product accidents

At the end of July the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry told Apple,Regarding "iPod nano" which ignition accident continued, we instructed report on cause of accident and measures to prevent recurrenceHowever, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which was reported from Apple, took a serious attention to the company today.

Apple seems to have not reported 34 product accidents that should have been reported.

Details are as below.
(PDF file)About situation of correspondence of product accident related to iPod nano (1st generation) | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's announcement, 27 product accidents such as fire and burnout of Apple 's "iPod nano" have occurred so far, so on July 28 the Consumer Products Safety Act I gave a report from the company on 4th August when I instructed the report on future reminders and measures to prevent the recurrence of the accident etc.

The details of the report are under review at present, and we are making additional confirmation etc. to the company, but as for ways of calling attention and recurrence prevention measures, in addition to reviewing to make HP easy to understand for users, The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has confirmed the details of concrete efforts, etc. because it indicated the policy to provide information directly to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

In addition to the 27 product accidents including 6 major product accidents that instructed the report, there are 34 non-critical product accidents that are requested by the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) based on a notification Since the report from Apple was made, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry requested the company to immediately report to NITE, and strictly took note as "Regretfully regrettable" that 34 accidents have not been reported In addition, guidance is given so that there are no omissions in the accident report in the future.