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

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This CPSC action (record #26089) was formally reported on November 13, 2025. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Great Lakes Wholesale International of Lockport, Illinois is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 32,600 units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The button cell and lithium coin batteries are not in child-resistant packaging and do not bear the warning labels required under Reese's Law. If a child swallows button cell or coin batteries, the ingested batteries ca… Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Consumers should stop using the Great Lakes Select Battery Packs immediately, place them in an area that children cannot access and contact Great Lakes Wholesale International to obtain a full refund… — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 1 year old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.