Toys and Children's Products Containing Batteries: U.S. CPSC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Safety Standard for Toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries.

On August 13, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries.

The notice proposes to address the risk of injury and death associated with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery-operated toys containing such batteries. The proposed requirements would provide the highest level of safety feasible and are consistent with the Commission's recent Reese's Law rulemaking and international standards for electronic toys. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries.

The notice is open for comments until October 15, 2024.

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Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries