This is so sad. Reese Hamsmith was 18 months old when she died in 2021 after ingesting a button battery. Reese’s Law now strengthens safety standards for products with button batteries.

The QR code above links to video on how to remove batteries from the new packaging. (FYI, Fiskars makes little sewing scissors that comply with TSA regulations.) One thing to remember is that the tabbed batteries cannot touch each other, or they all go dead, or become discharged. So, you don’t want to open the entire package and put all the batteries in a bag or a container of sorts.

Implementation will do doubt evolve into something both safe and practical. The main thing is that children are safe and that no parent loses their child to something like this.