Product InspectionToy recalls of China-made products: the hazards the notices name
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Counted by this site from CPSC's recall data, 141 recall notices dated 5 January 2023 to 8 October 2026 mention the word "toy", and 137 of them name China as the country of manufacture. In the China-made notices, the hazard words that appear in the largest number of notices are death (78 of 137), ingestion or swallowing (75 of 137) and choking (56 of 137). These are word counts, not CPSC categories.
How the notices were found
This site searched the notices in the CPSC recall data interface. A notice is counted when its title, product name or hazard text contains the word "toy". The search does not separate capital and small letters, and it counts the word inside longer words, so "toys" is counted. Seller names that contain the letters "toy" are also counted, so a notice can be counted because of a seller name.
A notice counts as made in China when its country of manufacture starts with China. Hong Kong and Taiwan are not counted as China. A notice can name more than one country.
The counts are numbers of notices. They are not numbers of products, injuries or recalls of one type of product, and they are not a category assigned by CPSC.
Notices by year
The table gives the notices counted by this site from CPSC's recall data, by year.
| Year | Notices mentioning the word | Made in China |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 |
| 2025 | 35 | 32 |
| 2026, to 8 October | 81 | 80 |
| Total | 141 | 137 |
The 2026 row is not a full year. It stops at 8 October 2026.
Hazard words in the notices
This table shows, for each word, the number of notices whose hazard text contains that word. The count was made by this site through a word search. One notice can contain several words, so the rows cannot be added up. This is a word count by this site, not CPSC's classification of hazards.
| Word | Notices (of the total) | Made in China (of the China total) |
|---|---|---|
| choking | 57 of 141 | 56 of 137 |
| ingestion or swallowing | 78 of 141 | 75 of 137 |
| fire | 2 of 141 | 2 of 137 |
| burn | 34 of 141 | 34 of 137 |
| laceration | 3 of 141 | 3 of 137 |
| entrapment | 1 of 141 | 1 of 137 |
| strangulation | 1 of 141 | 1 of 137 |
| suffocation | 1 of 141 | 1 of 137 |
| fall | 2 of 141 | 2 of 137 |
| lead (the metal) | 5 of 141 | 5 of 137 |
| crash | 1 of 141 | 1 of 137 |
| poisoning | 34 of 141 | 31 of 137 |
| drowning | 1 of 141 | 1 of 137 |
| death | 81 of 141 | 78 of 137 |
| injury | 44 of 141 | 44 of 137 |
What the notices say
The sentences below are quoted as the CPSC recall data interface gives them. They come from China-made notices with different hazards, listed from the newest.
Notice No. 27008, dated 1 October 2026 (magnet ingestion): "The magnetic stick figure toy sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they can liberate loose high-powered magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children."
Notice No. 26799, dated 24 September 2026 (battery ingestion): "The recalled children’s toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain button cell batteries and the compartments that hold the batteries can be easily accessed by children, posing a deadly ingestion hazard to children."
Notice No. 26782, dated 17 September 2026 (choking): "The recalled teething toys violate the mandatory safety standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller and longer than permitted. The silicone strings can reach the back of the throat and become lodged, posing a risk of respiratory distress and a deadly choking hazard."
Notice No. 26753, dated 10 September 2026 (lead): "The toys’ zipper contains levels of lead that exceed the standard set in the federal lead paint ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues."
Notice No. 26499, dated 21 May 2026 (asbestos): "The recalled Orb Funkee squeeze toys may contain fibrous tremolite (asbestos) in the sand, which can cause adverse health issues if inhaled."
Using the wording in a checklist
The quoted hazard wording can be turned into items in inspection instructions and into tests in a test plan. An on-site inspection can look at the parts a notice describes, but whether a product meets a federal standard is shown by testing to that standard, not by the inspection. The notices name the mandatory standard for toys and the federal lead paint ban, and those are the names to use when the wording is carried into a test plan.
What the counts do not tell you
- The counts are numbers of notices, not numbers of products, injuries or recalls of one type of product. A notice can cover more than one product.
- The 2026 row stops at 8 October 2026 and cannot be compared with a full year.
- The notices come from the CPSC, which handles consumer products only, so these counts say nothing about other kinds of product.
- The counts are not a share of imports and do not show how many China-made toys were imported or sold.
- The word search also picks up seller names and does not show what caused a hazard.
Questions people ask
Does the 2026 row cover a full year?
No. The 2026 row runs to 8 October 2026, with 81 notices mentioning the word and 80 of them made in China.
Are these counts CPSC's product categories?
No. This site counted the notices by word search. The counts are not an official classification by CPSC.
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, not affiliated with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the official text governs.