A kid swallowed a battery, so a toy got recalled days before the holidays
Toysmith’s Light-Up Magic Wand isn’t supposed to help make batteries disappear. That’s why the company recalled about 58,200 Magic Wands sold in the United States and Canada.
The exact problem, as stated in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice: “The battery cover can detach and expose the button-cell batteries, posing choking and ingestion hazards to young children.”
Unusually for a children’s choking hazard recall, the recalling company did hear about an incident. The notice says Toysmith learned of “a child swallowing one of the batteries removed from the toy. Medical attention was required to remove the battery.”
Toysmith is eating the cost on this recall, offering refunds to those who return them to the store of purchase. This covers magic wands with a manufacturing date code on the bottom of the wand between March 2018 (3/18/373) and June 2019 (6/19/373).
Those with questions can email info@toysmith.com or call 800-356-0474, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern time.
