EEMB USA Recalls Battery Pouches Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Battery Ingestion; Violate Federal Statute for Child-Resistant Packaging of Coin Batteries

What's recalled

This recall involves EEMB lithium batteries in individual pouches, models include: CR2025, CR2032, CR2450, CR2477, CR2016, CR1220, CR1225, CR1616, CR1620, CR1632 and CR2025-10. The lithium coin batteries come in a five, ten or twenty size pack. "EEMB" and the battery type is printed on the face of the coin battery. The white pouch has "EEMB" printed in the upper left corner.

The risk

The lithium coin batteries are in pouches that are not child-resistant as 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. None reported

Who's affected

Units: About 312,100, according to CPSC. Sold at: Online at Amazon.com from August 2023 through April 2026 for between $3 and $9.

Compared with

EEMB USA has 1 CPSC recall in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from CPSC's records since Nov. 1, 2016.

Before this

No earlier CPSC recalls by EEMB USA in records since Nov. 1, 2016.

Counted by the Tribune from CPSC's records since Nov. 1, 2016.

What to do and when

Consumers should stop using the lithium batteries immediately, place them in an area that children cannot access and contact EEMB USA to receive a full refund. Note: Button cell and coin batteries are hazardous. Batteries should be disposed of or recycled by following local hazardous waste procedures.

CPSC's notice, word for word

Contact, as CPSC's notice gives it: EEMB USA by email at info@a2batt.com, or online at www.eemb.com/recall or www.eemb.com and click "Recall" at the top of the page for more information.

Check it yourself

• CPSC's recall notice

The record as CPSC published it

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall records (public domain). CPSC's notice