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The BBC programme showed how a fake battery is susceptible to explosion when it overheats
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Fake Britain<\/em> highlighted the recovery of bogus Canon, Olympus and Sony Cyber-shot batteries, which led to a man\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

Wally Dinn, from North West Trading Standards Unit, said his team discovered six large boxes of suspected fake camera batteries, thought to be worth thousands of pounds.<\/p>\n

Dinn explained that fakes were stored inside generic packaging for \u2018digital camera chargers\u2019.<\/p>\n

Roy Wilson, who inadvertently bought a counterfeit camera battery, told Fake Britain<\/em>: \u2018I was annoyed. I was furious. I felt ripped off.\u2019<\/p>\n

The programme pointed out that the counterfeit batteries are ‘far more likely to short-circuit’ than a genuine battery, due to poor quality control and lack of built-in safety features.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) moved to raise awareness of the potential risks<\/a> of air passengers buying poor quality batteries online, as the number of electronic devices carried on planes rises.<\/p>\n

A CAA spokesman told Amateur Photographer<\/em>: \u2018We are in the hands of passengers to a large extent\u2026 <\/p>\n

\u2018We need to work with passengers and the [airline] industry to ameliorate any risks.\u2019<\/p>\n

The CAA urged passengers to carry spare batteries only in carry-on luggage and to pack them in a separate bag \u2018isolated from anything else\u2019.<\/p>\n

A spokesman added: \u2018Incorrectly packaged or counterfeit lithium-ion batteries are a potential fire risk, which is why the CAA has launched an awareness campaign with airports and airlines to help manage that risk.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Fake Britain<\/em> programme is currently available to view on BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"fake<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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