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[December 2003]

NCAC NEWS(Vol.15,No.3)

INDEX

Trends in Consumer Issues

  • Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information

Activities of the NCAC

Product Testing

  • To use a microwave oven safely
  • Quality and hygiene of milk: Centering on the characteristics of types of milk disinfected differently
  • Tests and surveys of foods that may contain buckwheat noodles (soba). (to provide persons allergic to buckwheat noodles with information)

Surveys and Studies

  • Special survey: 'Present condition and problems with "product collection"'
  • Special survey: 'Reality of products claiming to produce "negative ions"'
  • Accidents concerning outdoor playing equipment as viewed from risk information
  • Surveys and studies of consumer-oriented information in investment transactions (a comparison of Britain, the USA, and Japan)