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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has updated the safety requirements for all consumer products containing button or coin batteries, including storage containers and organizers. The new standard will come into effect on June 22, 2022. Amazon targets Australian site sellers The corresponding product compliance policy has been updated, and sellers must strictly abide by it.

The ACCC introduced the mandatory coin cell battery standard in December 2020, and with one month remaining until the mandatory standard comes into effect, the ACCC urges businesses supplying coin cell batteries or products powered by coin cells to ensure compliance with the new coin cell battery before the law is enforced on June 22. Button battery safety standards. The ACCC is also calling on consumers to check for unsafe coin cell battery products at home.

According to mandatory safety and information standards, products must have a safe battery compartment to prevent children from touching the battery. Manufacturers must conduct compliance testing, provide batteries in child-safe packaging, and place additional warnings and emergency advisories on packaging and instructions.

In Australia, the button battery incident has killed 3 children and seriously injured 44, and more than 1 child is seriously injured every month by swallowing or inserting batteries, which are included in millions of consumer products around the world.

Coin/coin cells refer to flat, round, single-cell batteries, which are typically up to 32mm in diameter and 1-11mm in height.

In Australia and around the world, there are increasing records of these batteries causing serious injury to children.

Coin/coin cells typically operate using one of four chemistries: lithium, alkaline, silver oxide, and zinc-air.

Lithium batteries are at the highest risk, they're usually larger, which means they're more likely to get stuck in a child's throat, and their higher voltage means they can cause tissue damage more quickly.

It is Amazon's policy that all products containing coin cells or coin cells must meet specified certification standards, a document issued by an officially recognized testing laboratory or agency certifying that the product has been tested and meets the standards:

Must have clearly marked warnings and labels

battery must be fixed

Batteries must not be released during reasonably foreseeable commodity use or misuse

Flags and Warnings:

Information standards require that you must include a warning:

in the description, if they accompany the goods

On the packaging, if the goods are packaged

Attached to the goods themselves, if the goods are not packaged

Warnings must be clearly visible, prominent and clear.

Warning information required in accompanying instructions can be provided in any format, such as:

on the packaging

in the attached leaflet

Stickers or hang tags attached to the product

in the product itself

Warning and Alert Symbols:

The following is an example of an internationally recognized safety alert symbol that can be included in a warning (not to scale):

You can also use the warning symbol with the text explaining the warning, "WARNING: CONTAINS A BUTTON OR BUTTON BATTERY".

Examples of appropriate packaging warnings for products containing lithium coin/coin cells:

Examples of appropriate packaging warnings for button/coin cells: