Zen Magnets and Neoballs Magnets Recalled Due to Ingestion Hazard
Home product recall 21-179. Announced by CPSC on Aug 17, 2021.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Aug 17, 2021. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 10 million magnets, sold individually and in magnet sets units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
When two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, either accidentally or intentionally, the ingested magnets can attract to each other, or to another metal object, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning, and death.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled magnets and contact Zen Magnets LLC for a refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: Zen Magnets LLC toll-free at 1-844-936-6245, email at contact@zenmagnets.com, or online at URL and click on www.zenmagnets.com/CPSC-Recall for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This mandatory recall involves all Zen Magnets and Neoballs magnets. Zen Magnets and Neoballs are high-powered 5 mm spherical magnets. Zen Magnets were sold individually and in sets of 72, 216 with 6 spares, and 1,728 with 8 spares. Neoballs were sold individually and in sets in the following colors: silver, gold, red, orange, green, red, blue, and purple. “Zen Magnets” or “Neoballs” is printed on the packaging.
About 10 million magnets, sold individually and in magnet sets units, as CPSC gives them.
Zen Magnets and Neoballs Magnets.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 4 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Zen Magnets LLC, Denver, Colorado.
- Online at Neoballs.com and ZenMagnets.com and certain Colorado retailers listed below beginning in January 2009 for between $12 and $264 per set, or individually for 6 to 10 cents per magnet. Colorado Retailers of Zen Magnets Botanico, 3054 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo.80205 Chronic Life, 12 Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colo. 80219 The Glass Hut, 1350 South Sheridan Boulevard #9, Denver, Colo. 80232 The Hemp Center - Colorado Springs, 2501 West Colorado Avenue #106, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80904 The Hemp Center - Littleton, 2430 West Main Street, Littleton, Colo. 80120 Herbal Alternatives: New Broadsterdam, 2568 South Broadway, Denver, Colo. 80210 Herbal Dazed, 6525 Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colo. 80221 Hobby Town - Aurora, 1915 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colo. 80014 Hobby Town - Lakewood, 3355 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, Colo. 80227 Lightshade on Holly, 3950 North Holly Street, Denver, Colo. 80207 Lyon’s Finest 2, 11080 East 47th Avenue, Denver, Colo. 80239 Meadowlark 64, 2701 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. 80205 MK Vapor, 10273 East Iliff Avenue, Aurora, Colo. 80247 Nimbus Smoke Stop, 2960 South Federal Boulevard #7, Denver, Colo. 80236 Octpipe, 5303 Leetsdale Drive, Denver, Colo. 80246 Science Toy Magic, 11 Old Town Sq., Fort Collins, Colo. 80524 Secret Stashh Gifts, 3655 Brighton Boulevard, Denver, Colo. 80216 Soldis, Colorado Mills Mall, Lakewood, Colo. 80401 Vaper Jungle, 7033 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colo. 80220
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Zen Magnets LLC is aware of two children who ingested Zen Magnets and required surgery to remove the magnets and parts of their intestines and bowels. In addition, CPSC is aware of other reports of children and teenagers ingesting high-powered magnets and requiring surgery. A 19-month-girl died after ingesting similar high-powered magnets.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked 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, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026.