CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using HiQiLi Wintergreen Essential Oil Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Poisoning to Young Children; Violates Mandatory Standard for Child-Resistant Packaging
CPSC warning 26-143. Announced by CPSC on Dec 11, 2025.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 11, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.
In CPSC’s words: “Huiqili Supply Chain Technology has not agreed to recall the essential oil or offer a remedy to consumers.”
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote the first line; the words quoted are CPSC’s.
CPSC is warning consumers to immediately stop using HiQiLi Wintergreen Essential Oil because the oil contains methyl salicylate, which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the https://cpsc.gov/Poison-Prevention-Packaging-Act”>Poison Prevention Package Act. The packaging for the product’s two bottles are not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the essential oil is swallowed by young children.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the wintergreen essential oil immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away this hazardous wintergreen essential oil.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using HiQiLi Wintergreen Essential Oil because the oil contains methyl salicylate, which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Package Act. The packaging for the product’s two bottles are not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the essential oil is swallowed by young children. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the manufacturer, Huiqili Supply Chain Technology Co., Ltd., of China. Huiqili Supply Chain Technology has not agreed to recall the essential oil or offer a remedy to consumers. The wintergreen essential oil was sold online at Amazon.com from May 2022 through August 2025 for about $10. The wintergreen essential oil may have also been sold on other websites. The oil comes in white and blue packaging and the bottle containing the oil is amber with a screw cap and a separate dropper cap. A travel-size bottle with a dropper cap is included in the package. “HiQiLi High Quality Life” and “Wintergreen Essential Oil” are printed on labels located on the front of the packaging and both bottles. “Made in China”, lot number, manufacture date, and the expiration date can be found on the bottom of the packaging. The manufacturer’s contact information along with other labeling information can be found on the side of the packaging. CPSC is aware of the HiQiLi Wintergreen Essential Oil also being sold with other essential oils as a multipack. These products were manufactured in China. CPSC urges consumers to stop using the wintergreen essential oil immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away this hazardous wintergreen essential oil. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
HiQiLi Wintergreen Essential Oil.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Huiqili Supply Chain Technology Co., Ltd., China. Huiqili Supply Chain Technology.
- The wintergreen essential oil was sold online at Amazon.com from May 2022 through August 2025 for about $10. The wintergreen essential oil may have also been sold on other websites.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.