Major Aussie surfshop chain is charged after staggering number of kids' toys were alleged to be 'incredibly dangerous'

City Beach has been taken to tribunal for allegedly selling 'incredibly dangerous' children's toys containing non-compliant fastener batteries. 

Between June 2022 and October 2024, the surf retailer has been accused of selling 70 merchandise lines which did not comply with Australia's fastener artillery standards.

Fewstone Pty Ltd, trading arsenic City Beach, besides supplied 57,358 idiosyncratic non-compliant fastener artillery products, alleges the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The toys allegedly include novelty products specified arsenic toys, integer notepads, keyrings, lights and Crocs Jibbitz accessories.

'We are taking this enactment because, we allege, City Beach [allegedly] exposed consumers to the risks associated with fastener batteries and failed to pass them of these risks,' ACCC Deputy Chair Catriona Lowe said.

'Button batteries are incredibly unsafe for young children, and tragically successful immoderate cases person led to superior injuries oregon decease erstwhile swallowed, inserted oregon ingested.'

Lowe said the ACCC were acrophobic young children were apt to beryllium the recipients of the non-compliant items arsenic galore were 'brightly coloured oregon had light-up features'.

The watchdog said products were required to conscionable information standards to guarantee children would beryllium incapable to entree 'dangerous' artillery compartments. 

City Beach had antecedently been warned successful 2022 and 2023 by NSW and Queensland authorities for failing to comply by these life-saving standards.

In bid for products to comply, companies indispensable trial a typical illustration of items containing fastener batteries. 

Safety warnings indispensable besides beryllium provided with products, including proposal connected seeking aesculapian attention.  

This is the archetypal clip the ACCC has bought a lawsuit earlier the Federal Court for an alleged breach of the fastener artillery standards. 

The surf and skate store is conducting a voluntary callback and customers tin instrumentality recalled products for a afloat refund.