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Product Recall
Toys R Us Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Recall Date: April 15th, 2013
Type: Magnets
Units: About 60
Hazards: 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.
Remedies: Refund
Consumers should stop using the recalled high-powered magnet sets immediately, take all associated individual magnets away from children and teenagers and contact Toys R Us as listed above for a full refund. Toys R Us will contact each purchasing customer directly to coordinate the recall. Returns of the magnet sets will not be accepted in stores.
Description
This recall involves high-powered magnets sets with the brand name Buckyballs. The sets contain 216 silver-colored, spherical rare earth magnets, each about five millimeters in diameter.
Consumer Contact:
Toys R Us, at (800) 869-7787 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET on Sundays, or online at www.toysrus.com, then click on About Us, then select “Safety” at the top of the page, and then “Click here” under Product Recalls.Injuries:
Toys R Us has received no reports of injuries. CPSC has received 54 reports of incidents involving children ingesting high-powered magnets resulting in 53 reports of medical intervention.
Retailers:
ToysRUs.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $40.
Importers:
Maxfield & Oberton LLC
