Digital kitchen scales recalled over risk of children ingesting batteries
Kitchen scales under recall (CPSC)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled hundreds of thousands of digital kitchen scales because they pose a risk to children.
According to the CPSC, the brand name under recall is Greater Goods Digital Kitchen Scales.
Why are Greater Goods Digital Kitchen Scales under recall?
The backstory:
The recalled digital kitchen scales violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries because the scale has a lithium coin battery that can be easily accessed by children, and a spare coin battery provided with the product not in child resistant packaging as required by Reese’s Law.
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Dig deeper:
These violations pose an ingestion hazard. The recalled scales also do not have the required warnings. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.
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No injuries have been reported in connection with this recall.
Greater Goods Digital Kitchen Scales recall latest
By the numbers:
There are 349,500 units under recall. The models included in the recall are 0480, 0455, 0456, 0458, 0473, 0479, 0481, 0747, 0748, 0749, 0751, 0752, and 0754.
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They are labeled with a sticker with the brand and model printed on the back and come in gray, black, blue, green, pink, red, silver and white colors. The Greater Goods logo is located on the top of the front panel of the scale. The scales come with a lithium CR3032 coin battery pre-installed and a spare CR3032 battery in the packaging.
The Source: This report includes information from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.