Kringles Toys and Gifts High Powered Magnets recall: Ingestion Hazard
Kringles Toys and Gifts Recalls High Powered Magnets Due to Ingestion Hazard; Sold Exclusively on Amazon.com
Why was Kringles Toys and Gifts High Powered Magnets recalled?
If two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should immediately stop using the product and contact the company to arrange for return and a full refund. Contact: Kringles Toys and Gifts toll-free at (888) 801-1649 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, e-mail [email protected], or website www.kringlestoysandgifts.com and click on Product Recall for more information.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Nanospheres Magnetic Desk Toys
- Company
- Kringle Toys and Gifts, of American Fork, Utah
- Quantity
- About 4,200
- Sold at
- Amazon.com from November 2010 through December 2011 for about $25 to $30.
- Recall date
- January 31, 2013
- Incidents / injuries
- The firm has received no reports of incidents or injury. CPSC has received 80 reports of incidents involving ingestion of other high powered magnets, resulting in 79 reports seeking medical intervention.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
The products were sold for use as an adult novelty item or desk toy with appropriate hazard warnings and stating the intended age level as 14 years and older. Nanospheres is a mass of 231 small powerful magnets that are either silver, gold or black in color. Each magnet is about 5mm in diameter. The magnets come in a circular metal canister approximately 2.5 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches tall with a black and blue label displaying the product name "Nanospheres."