Consumer Product Safety

Press release 2009.09.03 [Prevention of sudden boiling(bumping) accidents during cooking]

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Prevention of sudden boiling (bumping) accidents during cooking

National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
Product Safety Technology Center
September 3, 2009

The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) held a press briefing on the prevention of sudden boiling (bumping) accidents during cooking.

1. Press release

Release date:
September 3, 2009
Title:
Prevention of sudden boiling (bumping) accidents during cooking
Publisher:
Product Safety Technology Center
Summary:
Among the product accident information reported to NITE, there were 16 issues of sudden boiling (bumping) of drinks and etc while cooking between April 2006 and August 2009 (*1). These bumping accidents have been occurred during heating or after heated with kitchen microwaves, IH stoves, and gas stoves. In the last July, there had an accident that caused serious injuries due to sudden boiling while heating hot-water by the IH stove. Number of accidents of sudden boiling reported to NITE is not so many, however, frequency of use of kitchen microwaves, IH stoves, and gas stoves at home is very high, thus there has been a possibility of occurrence of sudden boiling accidents in reality. Because the causes that incur such sudden boiling are not well-known at home, NITE had decided to promote consumers’ awareness for prevention of accidents with sudden boiling.
  1. *1: Duplicated and/or non-target information are excluded from the number of issues as of August 25st, 2009.
Press briefing paper in Japanese

For more information;
National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)
Product Safety Technology Center, Product Safety Investigation Division

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