Need to know
- Certain Best&Less Light-Up Clog Shoes and Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms contain button batteries and do not comply with the mandatory safety standards
- There is a risk of choking, severe internal burn injuries, or death to young children if they gain access to the batteries and swallow or place them inside their body
- CHOICE advocacy helped bring about laws regulating button batteries, but more product safety standards are needed
Consumer regulators are urging anyone with the recalled Best&Less Light-Up Clog Shoes or Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms to stop using the products immediately and keep them out of reach of children.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) product safety arm issued the recall notice this week after finding these two products do not comply with the mandatory information standards for products containing button batteries (also called coin batteries).
Parents or carers may not be aware that both of these products contain button batteries, which can cause serious injury to young children if ingested
The Best&Less Light-Up Clog Shoes were sold in green with a dinosaur light and pink with a star light. The light component can separate from the shoe and cause the batteries to detach. The clogs were available for sale at Best&Less stores nationally and online from 1 September 2024 to 22 May 2025.
The Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms were sold at 126 different retail stores and on the Crocs website. The recall affects 102 charms that were sold between 22 June 2022 and 19 April 2024.
Parents or carers may not be aware that both of these products contain button batteries, which can cause serious injury to young children if ingested.
What you should do if you own these products
The button batteries in the recalled Best&Less clogs are not safely secured.
Best&Less Light-up Clog Shoes
Visit the Best&Less Light-Up Clog Shoes recall page on the Product Safety Australia website for more information.
The ACCC advises:
- Stop using the product immediately and keep out of reach of children.
- Return to any Best & Less store for a refund.
A small selection of the 102 Jibbitz charms for Crocs that have been recalled due to button battery dangers.
Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms
Visit the Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms recall page on the Product Safety Australia website for more information, including the full list of retailers and charms affected.
The ACCC advises:
- Stop using the product immediately and keep it out of reach of children.
- Dispose of the product in accordance with local requirements for disposal of batteries.
- Visit crocs.com.au/c/recalls/recalls for detailed instructions on how to request a refund or visit the place of purchase.
Products still failing to meet standards
The recall is the latest of many that consumer regulators have issued for products not complying with button battery safety rules, after world-first standards came into force in 2022.
Under the changes championed by CHOICE, items with button or coin batteries are required to come with specific warnings and meet certain specifications.
The standards require secure battery compartments, child-resistant packaging, and warnings on products and batteries.
The ACCC says the standards were not met in the case of the Best&Less light-up clogs and Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms.
It's concerning that two years after mandatory button battery safety standards came into effect, we are still seeing these kinds of compliance failures
CHOICE campaigns and communications director Rosie Thomas
"It's concerning that two years after mandatory button battery safety standards came into effect, we are still seeing these kinds of compliance failures," says CHOICE campaigns and communications director Rosie Thomas.
"It's particularly concerning to learn that an incident has occurred, given these products are commonly purchased by parents for their young children. We all should be able to trust that what we buy for our kids is safe."
The ACCC says the Best&Less light-up clogs and Crocs LED Jibbitz Charms did not meet button battery safety standards.
The dangers of button batteries
Button batteries can be found in a broad range of toys and household items, and multiple children have died after swallowing batteries they had retrieved from insecure packaging.
Once ingested, button batteries can cause choking, severe burns and internal bleeding.
In 2020, following campaigning by CHOICE and parents, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce mandatory safety and information standards for products containing these batteries.
As well as mandating secure battery compartments and testing, the standards also require warnings and emergency advice to be put on the packaging of products containing these batteries.
Thomas says these warnings play an important role in helping parents and carers keep their young ones safe.
"The recalls also highlight why we need to reboot our entire product safety system. CHOICE continues to call for a general safety provision that requires businesses to sell products that are safe," she says.
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