The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·25111·Announced 2025-01-30

Digital Kitchen Scales Recalled for Coin Battery Ingestion Risk

Greater Goods digital kitchen scales with easily accessible lithium coin batteries violate federal safety regulations due to missing child-resistant packaging and warnings. Ingestion of coin batteries can cause serious injury or death; no incidents have been reported.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The source explicitly states no injuries or illnesses have been reported. Per the severity rubric, when no incidents are reported and the hazard is theoretical, the score is at most 3. This recall meets the High severity criteria for a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported: coin battery ingestion can cause serious internal chemical burns and death.

Plain-English summary

Greater Goods digital kitchen scales (models 0480, 0455, 0456, 0458, 0473, 0479, 0481, 0747, 0748, 0749, 0751, 0752, 0754) are being recalled due to violations of federal regulations under Reese's Law, which sets requirements for consumer products containing coin batteries. The scales contain a pre-installed lithium CR3032 coin battery that is easily accessible to children, and come with a spare CR3032 battery that is not packaged in child-resistant packaging as required by law. The scales also lack required warning labels.

Coin battery ingestion poses a serious hazard. When swallowed, coin batteries can cause internal chemical burns and other serious injuries, and may result in death. No injuries have been reported related to these scales as of the date of this recall.

Approximately 349,500 units were sold online and in stores from May 2023 through September 2024, including at Amazon, Walmart, Greater Goods' website, and Alexandra's Kitchen store in Niskayuna, New York. The scales were sold for approximately $10 and are available in eight colors: gray, black, blue, green, pink, red, silver, and white.

Consumers should immediately remove the battery from their scale and store it in a location inaccessible to children. Greater Goods is offering a free recall kit that includes a new battery door that can be secured to prevent access, the required warning labels, and an updated instruction manual. Contact Greater Goods at 866-991-0397 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, Monday-Friday), [email protected], or www.greatergoods.com for information on receiving the free kit.

The recalled product

Product
Greater Goods Digital Kitchen Scales
Manufacturer
Greater Goods LLC, of Saint Louis, Missouri
Category
Consumer Product — Kitchen Equipment
Hazard
  • coin-battery-ingestion
  • missing-child-resistant-packaging
  • missing-warnings
Affected units
349,500

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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