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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