Developed by experts and the BSI, a PAS defines good practice standards for a product, service or process. BIPBA has worked alongside industry stakeholders such as CAPT, British Retail Consortium and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accident to develop Publicly Available Standard 7055:2021 which looks to address the safety issues that can be posed by button and coin batteries, and to provide a consistent approach for products that contain these batteries.
BIPBA was instrumental in the design of the PAS document which outlines requirements for battery manufacturers and the manufacturers of products containing batteries. These requirements including the placing of warnings on batteries, battery packaging and on products that contain these batteries, and testing requirements for products containing button and coin batteries.
Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 7055 aims to address safety issues posed by button (non-lithium) and coin (lithium) batteries, and to provide a consistent approach for products that contain these batteries. The PAS sets out required warnings on batteries, battery packaging and on products that contain these batteries. It sets out requirements for manufacturers of batteries, manufacturers of consumer products containing such batteries and distributors. The PAS does not cover batteries for professional and industrial use or zinc air batteries.
The PAS sets requirements for manufacturers of batteries for:
- Child-resistant packaging
- Warnings and information
- Markings on packaging and batteries
- Warning criteria
