Whitecrane recalls CR2032 button batteries because packaging is not childproof
The packaging is not childproof, so children can easily reach the button batteries, and a child could choke or damage their gastrointestinal tract if they swallow them.
What to do
Measure taken: Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 26/09/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Recall details
- Product
- Button batteries
- Company
- Whitecrane
- Hazard
- The packaging is not childproof and therefore the button batteries are easily accessible to children. A child may put them in the mouth, and choke. The button batteries could also cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract if they are ingested. This product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 60086-4,
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- France
- Countries that reacted
- Ireland, Poland
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/03517/25
- Model or type: CR2032
- Batch number: 182907315
- Barcode: 6972315922251
- Measure in force since
- 26/09/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- December 8, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- December 8, 2025
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Whitecrane Button batteries (3V WHITECRANE CR2032)
- Product
- Product: Button batteries Name: 3V WHITECRANE CR2032 Brand: Whitecrane Description: Pack of two 3V lithium manganese button cell batteries for car keys, watches, handheld game consoles, calculators and camera accessories. Product sold online, in particular via TEMU (product identifier: 601099534617178).
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical, Choking The packaging is not childproof and therefore the button batteries are easily accessible to children. A child may put them in the mouth, and choke. The button batteries could also cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract if they are ingested. This product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 60086-4,
- Measures taken
- Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 26/09/2025 Recall of the product from end users (economic operator: Other), in force from Unknown Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 15/10/2025 Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 31/10/2025 Warning consumers of the risks (economic operator: Other), in force from 31/10/2025 Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 05/12/2025
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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