New UK Battery Safety Standard

The BSI in its role as the UK National Standards Body has published the first standard to address the safety issues posed by button (non-lithium) and coin (lithium) batteries and to provide a standard approach to products which contain these type of batteries. 

The new standard, named PAS 7055:2021, Button and coin batteries – Safety requirements – Specification, is aligned with The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (GPSR) which requires that new and used consumer products placed on the market are safe. 

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