A ‘test’ on Halloween products has revealed alarming results as just three of the 49 items looked at met the safety requirements.

Commerce minister Tony Buti and Consumer Protection Commissioner Trish Blake spoke out about the dangerous issue of button batteries on Saturday as they revealed three children had died nationally in recent years from ingesting them which had prompted changes to regulations in 2022.

However, in the lead up to Halloween Consumer Protection decided to look at a randomly selected number of products sold across six major online shopping platforms aimed at children and found the majority were not up to scratch.

Nearly 80 per cent of the items inspected failed safety standards, including unsecured battery compartments that allowed button batteries to be easily acce

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