EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Button batteries LITHIUM “CR2025” — risk: chemical, choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/03748/25
Summary
The packaging is not childproof and therefore the button batteries are easily accessible to children. A child may put them in the mouth, and choke. The button batteries could also cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract if they are ingested. Furthermore, the warning ‘Keep out of reach of children’ or the corresponding pictogram is missing from the packaging. This product does not comply with the General…
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Product
Button batteries — LITHIUM
- Brand
- LITHIUM
- Name / model
- CR2025
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Pack of five lithium button batteries. Product sold online, in particular via AliExpress (unique identifier: 1005006967969718 - 12000038888109827) and Amazon.
What is the risk?
- The packaging is not childproof and therefore the button batteries are easily accessible to children. A child may put them in the mouth, and choke. The button batteries could also cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract if they are ingested. Furthermore, the warning ‘Keep out of reach of children’ or the corresponding pictogram is missing from the packaging. This product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 60086-4.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace
- Date of entry into force: 31/10/2025
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