On Monday, Apple announced that the Fair Labor Association will begin conducting voluntary inspections of the company’s suppliers in China, specifically noting Foxconn as one of them. The news comes as a surprise to Apple supplier Pegatron, however, who claims they haven’t been informed of any such inspections.

Apple issued a press release on Monday to announce that the Fair Labor Association would begin conducting “special voluntary audits” of Apple’s final assembly suppliers in China, most notably the Foxconn factories based in Shenzhen and Chengdu which have received the bulk of the media attention on the subject.

“We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “The inspections now underway are unprecedented in the electronics industry, both in scale and scope, and we appreciate the FLA agreeing to take the unusual step of identifying the factories in their reports.”

The FLA inspections began Monday morning in Shenzhen as the facility known as Foxconn City, but if Apple intends to extend the audits to other manufacturers such as Pegatron, they apparently haven’t notified them, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday morning.

“Pegatron Corp., a maker of Apple Inc.’s iPhones, said it hasn’t been informed of any pending inspections of factory work conditions by labor groups, a day after the U.S. company said checks would start this spring,” the report reveals. “Pegatron is aware of Apple’s corporate social responsibility policies, Charles Lin, chief financial officer of the Taipei-based company, said by telephone today. The client hasn’t informed him about any upcoming audits, Lin said.”

Apple’s press release specifically notes, “similar inspections will be conducted at Quanta and Pegatron facilities later this Spring, and when completed, the FLA’s assessment will cover facilities where more than 90 percent of Apple products are assembled.”

The inspections will cover manufacturing areas, dormitories and other facilities, as well as interviews with “thousands of employees about working and living conditions including health and safety, compensation, working hours and communication with management.”

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