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15 U.S. Code § 2056e. Consumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and consumer products containing such batteries
(a) In generalNot later than 1 year after August 16, 2022, the Commission shall, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, promulgate a final consumer product safety standard for button cell or coin batteries and consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries that shall only contain—
(1)
a performance standard requiring the button cell or coin battery compartments of a consumer product containing button cell or coin batteries to be secured in a manner that would eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury from button or coin cell battery ingestion by children that are 6 years of age or younger during reasonably foreseeable use or misuse conditions; and
(2) warning label requirements—
(A)
to be included on the packaging of button cell or coin batteries and the packaging of a consumer product containing button cell or coin batteries;
(B)
to be included in any literature, such as a user manual, that accompanies a consumer product containing button cell or coin batteries; and
(C) to be included, as practicable—
(i)
directly on a consumer product containing button cell or coin batteries in a manner that is visible to the consumer upon installation or replacement of the button cell or coin battery; or
(ii)
in the case of a product for which the battery is not intended to be replaced or installed by the consumer, to be included directly on the consumer product in a manner that is visible to the consumer upon access to the battery compartment, except that if it is impracticable to label the product, this information shall be placed on the packaging or instructions.