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Gold Magnetic Balls (Tin Storage Can, Bottom View with Label)
CPSC testing determined the magnets do not comply with the requirements of the mandatory federal regulation for magnet toys because they contain one or more magnets that fit within CPSC’s small parts cylinder. In addition, the magnets are stronger than permitted and pose a risk of serious injury or death if ingested by children.
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the magnetic balls immediately and dispose of them or take them to your local recycling facility. Do not sell or give away these hazardous magnets.
Product Safety Warning Details
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Shenzhen Xiaoju Technology Company Magnetic Balls. CPSC testing determined the magnets do not comply with the requirements of the mandatory federal regulation for magnet toys because they contain one or more magnets that fit within CPSC’s small parts cylinder. In addition, the magnets are stronger than permitted and pose a risk of serious injury or death if ingested by children.
CPSC issued Notices of Violations to the sellers, Otbar and Leaf Dude Inc., of China, and the manufacturer, Shenzhen Xiaoju Technology Co. Ltd., of China, but the firms have not agreed to recall these magnetic balls or offer a remedy to consumers.
When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death.
About 157 magnetic balls sets were sold online at Amazon.com in January 2021 for between $17 and $26. The 5mm diameter magnets were sold in a set of 216 gold balls in the form of a cube. The sets were sold encased in a clear plastic case and a portable tin storage box.
These products were manufactured in China.
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the magnetic balls immediately and dispose of them or take them to your local recycling facility. Do not sell or give away these hazardous magnets.
Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
Note: Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.
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