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flag Australian retailer City Beach fined $14M for selling 54K unsafe products with hazardous button batteries.

flag Australian fashion retailer City Beach has been fined $14 million for selling over 54,000 products with non-compliant button batteries between 2022 and 2024, including toys, key rings, and Crocs accessories. flag The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the items violated safety standards, posing serious risks of injury or death to children under five if swallowed. flag This is the first court case brought by the ACCC specifically for button battery safety breaches. flag The company must now pay the fine, implement a compliance program, and run a recall campaign. flag The ACCC emphasized that such failures will face strong enforcement actions.

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