Various novelty products

Official notice

22 Mar 2024

Last checked

22 Mar 2024

High riskACCC

An official ACCC notice concerns Various novelty products. There is a risk of choking, severe internal burn injuries or death to young children if they gain access to the button/coin batteries and swallow or place them inside their body. Severe or fatal injuries can happen in 2 hours or less. Consumers may not be aware that the product contains a button battery. Published 2024-03-22.

What to do now

Consumers should immediately stop using the product and keep it out of reach of children. Consumers should return the product to the place of purchase to receive a full refund. For more information, consumers can contact Dimmeys by phone on 03 9396 6900 9 am to 4 pm or via email at bargains@dimmeys.com.au

Recall number

3fee6025-16df-43ba-bd61-889301a1b2ed

Official notice

2024-03-22

The hazard

There is a risk of choking, severe internal burn injuries or death to young children if they gain access to the button/coin batteries and swallow or place them inside their body. Severe or fatal injuries can happen in 2 hours or less. Consumers may not be aware that the product contains a button battery.

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Affected products

Product 1

Various novelty items containing button batteries. Products include: COB Mini Key Chain Flashlight Sonic The Hedgehog LED Figures

Risk / hazard

There is a risk of choking, severe internal burn injuries or death to young children if they gain access to the button/coin batteries and swallow or place them inside their body. Severe or fatal injuries can happen in 2 hours or less. Consumers may not be aware that the product contains a button battery.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

AU · Australia

Affected area 1

AU · Australia

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

ELECTRONICS

Classification

Button batteries, Decorations, candles and novelties

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

3fee6025-16df-43ba-bd61-889301a1b2ed

Classification

Button batteries, Decorations, candles and novelties

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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