CPSC Recall in 2025: Great Lakes Wholesale International Recalls Select Battery Packs Due to Battery Ingestion; Violates Federal Statute for Child-Resistant Packaging of Button Cell and Coin Batteries

Updated on January 18, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 26-089

Date: November 13, 2025

Product Name: Great Lakes Select Button Cell and Coin Batteries

Recall Description:

This recall involves Great Lakes Select Battery Packs, each of which displays the name “Great Lakes Select” on the back of the packaging, and the item number on the front of the packaging:Item NumberDescriptionBattery TypeItem Price Range00263Pack of six (6)CR2032$0.65 to $1.1000264Pack of nine (9)CR2016/ CR2032/ CR2025$1.10 to $1.5000265Pack of nine (9)CR2032$0.89 to $1.5000271Pack of thirty (30)Mixed$0.96 to $1.5000272Pack of forty (40)Mixed Super Alkaline$1.65 to $2.2500276Pack of twenty-four (24)LR44/357 Super Alkaline$1.10 to $1.50

Hazard Description:

The button cell and lithium coin batteries are not in child-resistant packaging and do not bear the warning labels required under https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Making-Families-Safer-…’s Law. If a child swallows button cell or coin batteries, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, including internal chemical burns and death.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund

Units: About 32,600

Incidents:

None reported

Sold At:

Downeast Wholesalers Renys, International Wholesale, Lots & More, Northwoods Wholesale Outlet, a Ben Franklin store in Tennessee, and other stores nationwide from September 2024 through August 2025 for between $0.65 and $2.25.

Manufactured In:

China