Great Lakes Wholesale recalls Great Lakes Select button cell and coin battery packs over child safety packaging violation
The batteries are not in child-resistant packaging and lack the required warning labels, and a child who swallows one could suffer serious injuries, including internal chemical burns and death.
What to do
Stop using the battery packs right away, keep them where children cannot reach them, and contact Great Lakes Wholesale International for a full refund. Dispose of or recycle the batteries following local hazardous waste procedures.
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Recall details
- Product
- Great Lakes Select Button Cell and Coin Batteries
- Hazard
- The button cell and lithium coin batteries are not in child-resistant packaging and do not bear the warning labels 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.
- Injuries
- None reported
- Units
- About 32,600
- Where sold
- Sold at Downeast Wholesalers Renys, International Wholesale, Lots & More, Northwoods Wholesale Outlet, a Ben Franklin store in Tennessee, and other stores nationwide from September 2024 through August 2025 for between $0.65 and $2.25.
- Remedy
- Refund
- Notice last updated
- November 13, 2025
- Recall date
- November 13, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from CPSC.
Great Lakes Wholesale International Recalls Select Battery Packs Due to Battery Ingestion; Violates Federal Statute for Child-Resistant Packaging of Button Cell and Coin Batteries
- Description
- This recall involves Great Lakes Select Battery Packs, each of which displays the name "Great Lakes Select" on the back of the packaging, and the item number on the front of the packaging Item Number Description Battery Type Item Price Range 263 Pack of six (6) CR2032 $0.65 to $1.10 264 Pack of nine (9) CR2016/ CR2032/ CR2025 $1.10 to $1.50 265 Pack of nine (9) CR2032 $0.89 to $1.50 271 Pack of thirty (30) Mixed $0.96 to $1.50 272 Pack of forty (40) Mixed Super Alkaline $1.65 to $2.25 276 Pack of twenty-four (24) LR44/357 Super Alkaline $1.10 to $1.50
- Hazard
- The button cell and lithium coin batteries are not in child-resistant packaging and do not bear the warning labels 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.
- Remedy
- Consumers should stop using the Great Lakes Select Battery Packs immediately, place them in an area that children cannot access and contact Great Lakes Wholesale International to obtain a full refund. Note: Button cell and coin batteries are hazardous. Batteries should be disposed of or recycled by following local hazardous waste procedures. Remedy options: Refund.
- Injuries
- None reported
- Number of units
- About 32,600
- Sold at
- Sold at Downeast Wholesalers Renys, International Wholesale, Lots & More, Northwoods Wholesale Outlet, a Ben Franklin store in Tennessee, and other stores nationwide from September 2024 through August 2025 for between $0.65 and $2.25.
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