Hot Hands heating or cooling comfort packs
3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jun 3, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 3reports to CPSC
- Jun 3, 2023the latest report was made
- Jan 28, 2016the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Hot Hands
- Makers
- Kobayashi Consumer Products, LLC and Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Heating or cooling comfort packsNot electricCPSC’s product type: Heating or Cooling Comfort Packs (Nonelectric) (code 1742), in Personal Care: Comfort & Relaxation
Other ways the reports write the brand (2)
“Hot Hands Body and Hand Super Warmers” and “Hothands”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| June 2023 | 1 |
| February 2019 | 1 |
| January 2016 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hospital admission 1 CPSC: Injury, Hospital Admission
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
- First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Hospital admission Made Jun 3, 2023, sent to the company Jun 6, 2023, published by CPSC Jun 28, 2023
The product, in the report: HOTHANDS Hand warmers, a small white colored packet with HOTHANDS logo on it
A patient ingested one half of a hand warmer packet which caused elevated serum iron levels and caustic injury in esophagus and stomach.
- Where
- United States: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 2, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hothands, made or sold by Kobayashi Consumer Products, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Hospital Admission
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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Feb 15, 2019, sent to the company Mar 27, 2019, published by CPSC Apr 10, 2019
The product, in the report: hand warmers
(01/23/2019) The consumer stated that the product is activated by shaking gently. After the product was activated approx. 8:00am, her mother placed the hand warmers in her pants pockets around 11a.m. The consumer and her mother were in and out of the home most of the day. The hand warmers were also taken out of her pockets off and on during the day.
Later in the evening, the consumer discovered that there were burns and blisters on her mother’s thighs in the area where the hand warmers were in her pockets.
The consumer had to take her mother to urgent care where she was advised that there were second and third degree burns on her mother’s legs.
The consumer stated that she have been using this product for about five years but not the super strength.
The consumer contacted the manufacturer and provided information about the incident.
- Model
- LOT # 171127, EXP 10/
2021 - Bought from
- Walgreens, Nebraska
- Bought
- Nov 3, 2018, about then
- Where
- Omaha, Nebraska: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 88, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Parent
- As this report names them
- Brand Hot Hands Body and Hand Super Warmers, made or sold by Kobayashi Consumer Products, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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First aid Made Jan 28, 2016, sent to the company Feb 16, 2016, published by CPSC Mar 1, 2016
The product, in the report: heating pads for heating extremities during cold weather
This caller is reporting product used for heating hands & feet. Sometime around January 8th, 2016 the caller placed this product in a cloth moisturizer wrap in her pajamas on her side.
She felt a burning sensation after less than five minutes.
She removed the heating immediately once she felt the burning and noted that it was very, very red and she went to sleep.
She woke up the next morning and blisters had formed in this area of her side.
She went to the drug store and purchased medicated salve for burns and applied it.
The burn and the blisters are still on her side from this one instance after two weeks.
She has not been seen by a physician.
She has attempted to contact the manufacturer but cannot obtain a department to report this instance after being advised to return product with pictures.
She has a scar & there is no FDA approval Company CEO is [REDACTED] in Singapore. Hothands Company does not care.
- Model
- unknown
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- CVS, Arizona
- Bought
- Dec 28, 2015, about then
- Where
- Phoenix, Arizona: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 65, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hot Hands, made or sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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