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02/04/2015
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Accidents with tin cans are the leading products of statistics and services that offer greater risk to the health and safety of consumers, with 14.6% of the records.
The data consists of national research on consumer accidents profile in Brazil, coordinated by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), made in January this year. The results were released today (31) and reflect the numbers of Inmetro System Consumption Accident Monitoring (Sinmac), gathered from reports of consumers.
Second among the most frequent cases of accidents involving products appear stoves, with 11.5% rate and domestic stairs, with 3.8%. When classified by groups of products, appliances lead the ranking of the products that offer the greatest risk to health and consumer safety, with 23.8%, followed by packaging (19.2%) and household goods (13.1%) .
According to the head of the Guidance Division and Incentive Inmetro Quality, Andre Santos, from the research, the idea is to promote actions that contribute to reduce the risk that these products may cause to consumers. Among the improvement actions, he cited the creation of specific technical regulation by Inmetro or other regulatory agency such as the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), for example, with which Inmetro already partners.
"When we identify that is a product that may require an action that agency, we reported to the agency and she takes the appropriate actions [to] regulate or, if a product already covered, improve the regulation," he said.
When it comes to a regulated product by Inmetro, it appears, for example, if there is any requirement that has not been regulated in the first place. In the case of children's cribs, which already had a previous regulation, reports received by the Office led to the improvement of the existing regulation.
As the tin cans were the champions of accidents in this research, with almost 15% of the reports made, André Santos said can be set any Regulation for products such as cans of condensed milk, sardines and tuna, opened with use of metallic ring. Often these packages carry a risk of injury to consumers.
Santos stressed that the action is related to the production sector, "because, in fact, are they [producers] that will promote improvements in the manufacturing process." While regulatory he says that the ideal is that the producers themselves make improvements defendants. Now, if it identifies that the necessary improvements are not made, the state should regulate, "making compulsory safety requirements for that product."
According to the survey, 27.7% of all recorded accidents led victims to seek medical attention. The primary lesions were reported sections (33.5%) and burns (19.6%).
Santos recalled that, in addition to damage to the consumer, there is the impact on the public health system. "The impact that the National Health System [SUS] is huge," he said.
In the United States are spent annually about $ 1 trillion with the assistance to victims of consumer accidents. In Brazil, consumers do not have the habit of making records or complaints regarding, according to Santos. Complaints can be made at Inmetro's website.
Source: Agency Brazil
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