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North American Certification Button cell or coin battery US mandatory requirement Public Law 117-171 - Reese's Law

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North American Certification Button cell or coin battery US mandatory requirement Public Law 117-171 - Reese's Law

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An act to protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard to require child-resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries, and for other purposes.

 

Reese's Law
Section 2 includes:
• Performance requirements for consumer products that contain or are designed to use button cell or coin batteries, including children’s products that are not toys.

• Labeling requirements for consumer product packaging, accompanying literature, on-product (where practicable), and on button cell or coin battery packaging.

• Exemption: Toys (16 CFR 1250)
This part requirement CPSC has issued a safety standard 16 CFR 1263 on Sep 21, 2023

 

Section 3 includes:
• Special packaging (child-resistant packaging) for button cell or coin batteries, whether sold separately or separately included with a consumer product.
16 CFR § 1700.15, with the method described in 16 CFR § 1700.20 must undergo both the child test and adult test.
• Effective date:
Button cell or coin battery packaging: February 12, 2023 : Zinc-air button cell or coin battery packaging : March 8, 2024 (enforcement discretion)

• Exemption:
Batteries packaged with ANSI C18.3 Safety Standard for Portable Lithium Primary Cells and Batteries
Reese's Law

 

General sales situation of button batteries


Scenario 1: Battery manufacturer - sells batteries separately


Scenario 2: Product manufacturer - the product uses button batteries (without batteries or batteries installed)


Scenario 3: Product manufacturer - the product uses button batteries + comes with spare batteries and is individually packaged

 
 
Safety Standard 16 CFR 1263
16 CFR 1263 safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and
consumer products containing such batteriesScope:
consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries
button cell or coin battery packaging
Exemption:
Toy products
products that exclusively use zinc-air battery technologies
 
Safety Standard 16 CFR 1263
1263.3 Requirements for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries.
Each consumer product containing button cell or coin batteries shall comply with ANSI/UL 4200A-2023 Standard for Safety for Products Incorporating Button Batteries or Coin Cell Batteries

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