Product InspectionMagnet product recalls in CPSC notices
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Between 5 January 2023 and 8 October 2026, 53 CPSC recall notices have the word magnet somewhere in their title, product name or hazard text, and 47 of them list China as a country of manufacture. In the hazard text of those same 53 notices, the word death appears in 46, poisoning in 43, and ingestion or swallowing in 45. These counts were compiled by this site from CPSC's recall data.
How the notices were found
A notice was counted when its title, its product name or its hazard text contains the word magnet. The search ignores capitalisation, and it matches inside longer words, so magnets and magnetic count as well.
A count here is a number of notices. It is not a number of products, a number of injuries, or an official CPSC category. CPSC's data interface does not provide a product-type entry for most notices in this set and no hazard-type entry, so the grouping into "magnet notices" is this site's own grouping, not one the CPSC publishes.
Notices by year
| Year | Notices mentioning the word | Made in China |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| 2026, to 8 October | 27 | 24 |
| Total | 53 | 47 |
"Made in China" means the notice names a country of manufacture that starts with China. Hong Kong and Taiwan are not counted here. The 2026 row covers notices up to 8 October 2026 and is not a full year.
Hazard words in the notices
| Word | Notices (of the total) | Made in China (of the China total) |
|---|---|---|
| choking | 4 of the 53 notices | 2 of 47 |
| ingestion or swallowing | 45 of the 53 notices | 41 of 47 |
| fire | 5 of the 53 notices | 4 of 47 |
| burn | 4 of the 53 notices | 3 of 47 |
| laceration | 2 of the 53 notices | 2 of 47 |
| poisoning | 43 of the 53 notices | 40 of 47 |
| death | 46 of the 53 notices | 42 of 47 |
| injury | 3 of the 53 notices | 2 of 47 |
One notice can contain several of these words, so the rows cannot be added up. This is a word count made by this site, not a classification the CPSC publishes.
What the notices say
Notice No. 27022, dated 8 October 2026, concerns Avengers Infinity Gauntlet Medals:
The recalled medals violate the mandatory safety standard for magnets because the high-powered magnets may detach, posing a deadly ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
Notice No. 26740, dated 3 September 2026, concerns XO Poppy Power Trip Magnetic Wireless Power Banks:
The lithium-ion battery in the recalled power banks can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Notice No. 26686, dated 13 August 2026, concerns Goody King Magnetic Building Cubes and Blocks:
The recalled magnetic building cubes contain magnets that can become loose if the cubes break or open, posing a magnet ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
Notice No. 26553, dated 11 June 2026, concerns Arctic Zone Titan Pro Coolers:
The recalled coolers' latch magnet can detach, posing risk of serious injury or death from a choking hazard.
Notice No. 26272, dated 19 February 2026, concerns Huaker Magnetic Balls and Rods Sets:
The recalled magnet toy building sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain small balls and are intended for children under three years of age, posing a deadly choking hazard.
Notice No. 24166, dated 21 March 2024, concerns Sneaker Basel Double Magnetic Levitation Displays:
The sneaker display's magnets can forcefully attract, break, splinter and emit sparks, posing a laceration hazard. In addition, when two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, either accidentally or intentionally, the ingested magnets can attract each other and become lodged in the digestive system. This can lead to perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines that can lead to infection and death.
Using the wording in a checklist
The phrases these notices use can be turned directly into inspection instruction items: whether magnets can detach, whether they can become loose if a seam separates or a part breaks, or whether a set contains loose magnets before assembly. The same phrases can be written into a test plan as the hazard each test has to address. Whether a product meets a federal standard is shown by testing to that standard, not by an on-site inspection, and no standard is named here beyond the ones the quoted notices name themselves.
What the counts do not tell you
The tables count notices, not products and not injuries. The 2026 row stops at 8 October 2026, so it is not comparable as a full year. CPSC handles consumer products, and nothing here says anything about other categories of goods. None of these figures describe a share of imports, and the numbers of units in the notices are not added up here.
Questions people ask
Which word appears most often in the hazard text of these notices?
Death, in 46 of the 53 notices. Poisoning appears in 43 and ingestion or swallowing in 45.
How many of the notices that mention the word list China as a country of manufacture?
47 of the 53 notices. Under the same count, 41 of the 47 China notices include ingestion or swallowing in the hazard text, and 42 of the 47 include death.
Sources
- CPSC recall data interface (Recall web service), all recalls from 1 January 2023, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Checked 11 October 2026. This page is an unofficial summary, is not affiliated with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the official text governs.