Federal Mandatory Safety Standards Issued Regarding Button Coin Cell Battery Dangers

The Genie Company has taken the new law and mandates very seriously and has taken time to diligently re-engineer its products to exceed the highest safety standards.

What is Reese’s Law?

Reese’s Law was signed into effect Aug.16, 2022, and mandates federal safety requirements for button cell and coin batteries. The intent of this new rule is to eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury from ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by children six years of age and younger.

Full Source Article https://www.ul.com/news/reeses-law-and-cpsc-rule-mandate-battery-safety

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to approve a mandatory standard to reduce button cell and coin battery ingestion hazards to children six years and younger. These batteries are used in many types of consumer products from keyless entry remotes and wireless game controllers to toys and musical greeting cards.

Pursuant to Reese's Law, CPSC voted to adopt the voluntary standard, ANSI/UL 4200A-2023 Standard for Safety for Products Incorporating Button Batteries or Coin Cell Batteries, as the mandatory consumer product safety rule for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries. The Commission also established labeling requirements for button cell or coin battery packaging, to warn of the ingestion hazard to children.

The stakes are high and the consequences of a child swallowing a button cell or coin battery can be immediate and deadly. These tiny batteries can burn through a child’s throat or esophagus in as little as two hours if swallowed. From 2011 through 2021, CPSC is aware of 27 deaths and an estimated 54,300 injuries treated in emergency rooms associated with ingested or inserted button cell or coin batteries.

Full Source Article https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Making-Families-Safer-from-Button-Cell-or-Coin-Battery-Dangers-Reeses-Law-Leads-to-New-Federal-Mandatory-Safety-Standard

For additional information on the law, visit www.federalregister.gov and search ‘coin cell batteries’, or visit https://www.cpsc.gov and search ‘Reeses Law’.