EEMB USA has recalled about 312 thousand battery pouches due?to the risk of serious injury or death from battery ingestion.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the lithium coin batteries are in pouches that are not child-resistant as required under Reese's Law. If a child swallows button cell or coin batteries, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, including internal chemical burns and death.
The recall involves EEMB lithium batteries in individual pouches, models include: CR2025, CR2032, CR2450, CR2477, CR2016, CR1220, CR1225, CR1616, CR1620, CR1632 and CR2025-10. The lithium coin batteries come in a five, ten or twenty size pack. "EEMB" and the battery type is printed on the face of the coin battery. The white pouch has "EEMB" printed in the upper left corner.
The company has asked customers to stop using the lithium batteries immediately, place them in an area that children cannot access and contact EEMB USA to receive a full refund.
The recalled batteries were sold at Amazon.com from?August 2023 through April 2026 for between $3 and $9.
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