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(Previous month)Consumer Voices
It is necessary to submit consumer group lawsuit system bill to next year's Diet
Many consumer groups might request it to government (2004/10/29)
Garbage Recycling
Recycling of paper container with aluminum started
Nihon Tetra Pak ties up with recycling trader (2004/10/29)
Tax increase
Finance Minister Tanigaki hints "Consumption tax rate improving in fiscal year 2007"
Ministry of Finance made excuse for the remark (2004/10/29)
Safety Alerts
Safety controversy aroused much on kindling temperature of a popular "Healthy oil"
Is feature of lower ignite temperature a cause of increasing fire accidents? (2004/10/27)
Products Recall
Metal piece mixing happens in succession, next, Tsumura bath oil
Exposed negligent management of process of production (2004/10/27)
Safety Alerts
Fear of hemorrhage with imported artificial termination of pregnancy medicine
Health Ministry warned user (2004/10/26)
Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake
Consumer groups have started support service to disaster victims
Chifuren sent support money, blanket (2004/10/26)
Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake
Watch out to malignant trader !
Niigata prefectural police (2004/10/25)
Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake
Bank of Japan requested financial institutions to consider victims enough
Measures on finance to seismic hazard (2004/10/25)
Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake
Earthquake directly above its epicenter of fear in addition to damage of "Ore ore" frauds hit senior citizen house
Cable doesn't run, difference to administrative correspondence (2004/10/25)
BSE
Weakening independence of Food Safety Commission in BSE correspondence
Criticism rises to Health, Agriculture Ministry that overemphasizes political judgment (2004/10/22)
Food Safety
Metallic mixing accident of YOTSUBA Inc. shakes Japanese dairy products industry
Incompleteness of system of risk management exposed (2004/10/21)
Enterprise preys on consumers
Your telephone acquisition of membership fee 72,000 yen disappears as wastepaper
NTT is still displaying by fresh offer, "Profit" (2004/10/21)
Food Safety, Recall
YOTSUBA Inc. voluntarily recalls cheese by metal piece mixing again
Damage spreads to other manufacturers (2004/10/18)
Food Safety
Defect food again: Tokyo Disney Resort sold cakes adheresd mold
Oriental Land recalls it voluntarily (2004/10/15)
False dietary food
After all, diet foods were false, cheated consumers by malignant display "excreting fat to outside of body"
Health Ministry executed administrative penalty that ordered correction to violation of false injustice display (2004/10/14)
Food Safety
Pesticide residue detection that exceeds standard from vegetable from China
Health Ministry obligates inspection to importers (2004/10/14)
Recall
Hazard of ignition, electric shock in AC adapters used with Dell notebook personal computers
Defect of recall system of Japan was exposed again (2004/10/14)
Recall, Free Repair
Defect in popular heating apparatus "Halogen heater" with which getting warm is fast and air is not dirty
Yamazen exchanges products free of charge to prevent damage accident under use (2004/10/13)
Environmental Pollution
Watch system of harmful chemical is insufficient yet
Civic group emphasized further use of PRTR system (2004/10/13)
Malignant business method preying on senior citizen
A malignant enterprise compels needless construction contract of a floor to senior citizen with senile dementia
Hokkaido consumer center made enterprise repay it to consumer by cooperation with local public office (2004/10/12)
Consumer Voices, Environmental Pollution
Yashio resident representative declared about Shinagawa dioxin processing problem, "We continue to protest until plan was completely abandoned"
Against plan of long-distance carriage of pollution waste by JR train transportation from Osaka to Tokyo (2004/10/12)
Products Recall for Kids
Also in Japan, toy major Tommy's subsidiary voluntarily recalls rocket type toy that causes child injury
Reacting on accident reports of United States Hasbro Inc (2004/10/08)
On Watch Out for frying oil!
Is your frying oil safe?
NCAC roused watching out , saying "Ignition temperature of recent cooking oil is low. In addition, will ignite it in a short time" (2004/10/08)
BSE
"Blanket test on all cattle for BSE contributes to beef consumption recovery, safety of food"
Nagasaki Prefecture demanded continuation of blanket test from government (2004/10/08)
Trends in Japanese Consumer Issues
NCAC news on Sep 2004 explains revised Japanese consumer law in detail
It reports on product test result of washing machine with dryer to which trouble happens frequently (2004/10/08)
Watch Out !
Spraying type fire extinguisher : It is not effective in tempura oil fire accident
Hazard like pouring oil on the flames (2004/10/07)
False Labeling
Agriculture Ministry did strict monition to Carrefour Japan
Because it sold ham that passes best-before date (2004/10/06)
Safety Alerts
A medicine element similar from dietary supplement, soft drink to erectile dysfunction treatment is detected
Tokyo warned consumers not to take it(2004/10/02)
Consumer Voices, Environmental Pollution
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. postpones sales of beer with PET bottle
It reacts to opposite voices from consumers (2004/10/01)