CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Squishy Toys Immediately Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Water Bead Ingestion; Distributed by Kaizou Group
CPSC warning 27-035. Announced by CPSC on Oct 22, 2026.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 22, 2026. Copied from CPSC on Oct 30, 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.
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 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
The toys violate the https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Busines… lang=”EN-US”>mandatory safety standard for toys containing water beads, posing deadly ingestion, choking, and obstruction hazards.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the toys immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous products.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using Kaizou Group’s Rainbow Mystery Squishy Bun and Squeezy Dumpling toys immediately. The toys violate the mandatory safety standard for toys containing water beads, posing deadly ingestion, choking, and obstruction hazards. CPSC urges consumers to stop using the toys immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous products. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the distributor, Kaizou Group Inc., of Pico Rivera, California. Kaizou Group has been unresponsive to CPSC’s request to recall these squishy toys or offer a remedy to consumers. This safety warning involves Rainbow Mystery Squishy Bun Toys and Squeezy Dumpling Toys. The squishy bun toys are translucent and contain glitter and water beads. The squishy bun toys have a cartoon face and are packaged in a tan plastic container shaped like a bamboo steamer. “Rainbow MYSTERY” and “ONE SET SUGAR EDITION” are printed on the front of the removable package labeling. There are no markings on the product, other than the cartoon face. The squeezy dumpling toys are translucent and contain multicolor water beads. The toys have a cartoon face and are packaged in a tan plastic container shaped like a bamboo steamer. “SQUEEZY DUMPLINGS” is printed on the front of the removable package labeling. There are no markings on the product, other than the cartoon face.
Kaizou Rainbow Mystery Squishy Bun Toys, Squeezy Dumpling Toys.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Kaizou Group Inc., Pico Rivera, California.
- The Rainbow Mystery Squishy Buns were sold at Easy Wholesale, of San Jose California for between $2.50 and $4.00. The Squeezy Dumpling Toys were sold at a flea market located in Galt, California.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 29, 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 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026.