Extract:

Amendment 1 to this Standard adds requirements to address safety issues identified with coin/button batteries and batteries designated R1.

Equipment containing one or more coin/button cell/R1 batteries shall have safety warnings in the instructions accompanying the equipment.

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19 September 2016

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging businesses to adopt a new Code designed to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from children swallowing button batteries in Australia.

Read more on the ACCC website