Product Recall Number: 13-062
Why was High-Powered Magnet desk toy recalled?
When 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.
Product Recall Number: 13-062
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-12-09
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: High-Powered Magnet desk toy
Description: The high-powered magnet sets were sold under the DynoCube.com brand name. If a child swallows these magnets, they can link together inside a child's intestines.
Hazard Description: When 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.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 500
Incidents: Reiss Innovations has received no reports of incidents or injuries. CPSC has received 80 reports of incidents involving ingestion of other high powered magnets, resulting in 79 reports seeking medical intervention.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled magnet sets immediately and contact Reiss Innovations for instructions on returning the magnet sets for a full refund.
Sold At: Amazon.com/Dynocube.com from July 2011 through April 2012 for about $20.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed