What is PAS 7055:2021 about?
Because of two fatal incidents, the UK’s Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch wrote a report on undetected button and coin cell battery ingestion in children. One of the report’s key recommendations was that a standard be produced to set out consistent safety requirements to apply throughout the lifecycle of such batteries. PAS 7055:2021 is the result.
Who is PAS 7055:2021 for?
- Manufacturers and producers of button and coin batteries
- Manufacturers and producers of consumer products that use such batteries
- Related importers, distributors and retailers
- Consumers
- Enforcement authorities
- Consumer protection and healthcare bodies
Why should you use PAS 7055:2021?
To mitigate the risk to children, this standard specifies safety requirements for non-lithium button and lithium coin batteries up to 32 mm in diameter and the products that use them such as torches, greeting cards with audio, novelty balloons, digital scales, remote controls, key fobs, garage-door openers and watches.
The standard defines what manufacturers and producers are required to do with:
- Packaging
- Instructions
- Labelling
- Marketing
- Disposal
PAS 7055:2021 also covers the lifecycle of batteries in consumer markets, specifically:
- Labelling, instructions, and packaging (including warnings)
- Alignment of safety and health warnings
- Merchandising, e.g. displays and locations
- Encouraging and facilitating safe disposal/recycling
- Product safety of typical consumer products using button and coin batteries, e.g. Inclusion of warning text and requirements for secured battery compartments
NOTE: This PAS does not cover:
- Disposal and recycling from an environmental perspective
- Batteries for professional and industrial use
- Aspects already covered in existing standards, e.g. safety requirements in manufacturing of batteries, requirements for toys or audio-visual equipment; and medical devices, e.g. thermometers, hearing aids