CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Magnetic Chess Games Immediately Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Magnet Ingestion; Violates Mandatory Standard for Toys
CPSC warning 26-442. Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2026.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2026. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 1,300 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
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.
CPSC warns people about a product this way when there is no recall of it. What’s wrong and what to do are below, in CPSC’s words.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
The magnets violate the https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapter-B/part-1250… standard for toys because they are stronger than permitted and fit within CPSC’s small parts cylinder, posing a risk of serious injury or death if ingested by children.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the magnetic chess games immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous magnet games.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using Magnetic Chess Games sold by Kaiwenshangpin immediately. The magnets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they are stronger than permitted and fit within CPSC’s small parts cylinder, posing a risk of serious injury or death if ingested by children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.CPSC urges consumers to stop using the magnetic chess games immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous magnet games. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Yiwushixiuxiangfushiyouxiangongsi (Yiwu Xiu Xiang Garment Co., Ltd.) dba Kaiwenshangpin, of China. The magnetic chess games were previously recalled, however, Kaiwenshangpin is failing to provide the agreed upon remedy to consumers.The magnetic chess games contain magnets that are small, loose and separable with a strong magnetic flux. The games are sold in a blue box with the words “Magnetic”, “Magnetic Chess Piece” and “Intelligence Strategy Game” on the front of the box. The game includes 20 loose magnets, a yellow string, gameplay instructions and a plastic storage bag. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
About 1,300 units, as CPSC gives them.
Magnetic Chess Games.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- The notice names no firm.
- The magnetic chess games were sold on Amazon.com from August 2025 through November 2025 for about $13.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
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.