InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : LITHIUM – Button batteries

LITHIUM – Button batteries

Name: CR2025

Category: 10

Date: 2025-10-31

Product Category: Electrical appliances and equipment

Risk Type: Chemical, Choking

Danger: 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: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplaceDate of entry into force: Unknown

Description: Pack of five lithium button batteries. Product sold online, in particular via AliExpress (unique identifier: 1005006967969718 – 12000038888109827)

Notifying Country: France

Country of Origin: People’s Republic of China

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

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