CPSCMarch 6, 2014consumer

Design Ideas Recalls Magnets Due to Risk of Ingestion

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Recalled product: Design Ideas Recalls Magnets Due to Risk of Ingestion

The hazard

The small magnets can easily detach from the product. If swallowed, magnets 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 to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled magnets place them out of reach of children and contact Design Ideas for a refund.

Brands named

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Recall history

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