New Year, New Risks: AG Rokita Warns Hoosiers of Over 40 Dangerous Recalls

Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers to important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in January. The office is encouraging consumers to take advantage of opportunities available to them to return, fix, dispose, or replace a purchased recalled item that could be harmful to their families.

“A new year brings fresh starts—not new dangers from product recalls,” Attorney General Rokita said. “If an item you purchased is on this list, it doesn’t belong in your home. Act now to keep your family safe.”

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following consumer products were recalled in January:

Health and Beauty Products: 

• Ultimate Multivitamin+ Dietary Supplement
  • The bottles are filled with dietary supplements containing iron, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
• Sefudun 5% Minoxidil Hair Growth Serum Kits
  • The hair growth serum contains minoxidil which must be in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The serum bottle is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
• Viofairy Hair Growth Serum
  • The serum bottles contain minoxidil, which must be in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The serum’s packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
• Iristar Minoxidil Spray Bottles for Hair and Beard Growth
  • The recalled spray bottles contain minoxidil, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
• Beard Growth Serum Spray Bottles
  • The beard growth serum contains minoxidil, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The serum’s packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

•  Ruahouine Hair Growth Serum Bottles

  • The serum bottles contain minoxidil, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The serum’s packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

Children’s Toys:

• Giraffe and Llama Plush Toys with Clips
  • The legs of the plush toy can detach from the body allowing the release of small beads that are on the legs, posing a choking hazard to young children.
• AiTuiTui Pull String Teething Toys
  • The recalled teething toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller than permitted. The silicone strings can reach the back of the throat and become lodged, posing a risk of respiratory distress, serious choking hazard, and death.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas Glow-in-the-Dark Coloring Sets
  • The crayons in the coloring set have high levels of strontium and aluminum, and this may present a risk if ingested, posing a poisoning hazard if ingested by young children.
• Ice Cream Toy Playsets
  • The recalled toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain high-powered magnets which can loosen and detach, posing an ingestion hazard to 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.
• Yetonamr Pull String Teething Toys
  • The recalled teething toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller than permitted. The silicone strings can reach the back of the throat and become lodged, posing a risk of respiratory distress, serious choking hazard and death.
• Fidget Magnet Ball Toys
  • The magnet ball toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they are loose high-powered magnets, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, they 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.
• Magnetic Men Toy Sets
  • The recalled magnetic stick figure toy sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because the sets contain loose magnets, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, they 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.
• Pounding Toys
  • The recalled pounding toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain high-powered magnets, which can detach, posing an ingestion hazard to 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.
• Kori Gey Water Toy Kits
  • The recalled toy kits violate the mandatory standard for toys containing button cell batteries because the compartment that holds the batteries can be easily accessed and opened by children, posing a deadly ingestion hazard to children. When button cell and coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.

Children Products: 

• Convertible Baby Gyms
  • The recalled baby gyms violate the mandatory safety standard for infant support cushions because the floor mats can obstruct an infant’s breathing, posing a serious risk of injury or deadly suffocation hazard.
• BBWOO Baby Loungers
  • The recalled baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for Infant Sleep Products. The sides are too low to contain an infant and the enclosed openings at the foot of the loungers are wider than allowed, posing serious risks of fall and entrapment hazards to infants. In addition, the baby loungers do not have a stand, posing a fall hazard if used on elevated surfaces. These violations create an unsafe sleeping environment and can cause death or serious injury.
• KEAWIS Crib Mattresses
  • The aftermarket mattresses violate the mandatory standard for crib mattresses, as the mattresses may not adequately fit certain play yards or non-full-sized cribs, which could create gaps posing a deadly entrapment hazard. Babies can face a risk of suffocation in gaps between an undersized mattress, or extra padding, and side walls of a product, especially when the infant’s face becomes trapped against the side and the mattress, preventing the infant from breathing.
• Self-Feeding Pillows
  • The recalled self-feeding pillows hold the bottle at an unsafe angle while keeping it fixed in place so the infant cannot pull away. This can lead to aspiration of milk or formula, posing a risk of suffocation.
• Children’s Pajama Sets
  • The recalled children’s pajamas violate the mandatory standards for flammability of children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of serious injury and deadly burn hazards to children.
• NFSVLB Baby Bath Seats
  • The recalled bath seats violate the mandatory standard for infant bath seats because they are unstable and can tip over while in use, and have leg openings that allow the child to slip down until the child’s torso can become entrapped, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to drowning and entrapment.
• BabyBond Retractable Safety Gates
  • The recalled gates violate the mandatory standard for expansion gates and expandable enclosures because a child’s torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor, becoming entrapped, posing a risk of serious injury or death.
• Joyful Journeys Baby Loungers
  • The recalled baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for Infant Sleep Products. The sides are too low to contain an infant and the enclosed openings at the foot of the loungers are wider than allowed, posing serious risks of fall and entrapment hazards to infants. In addition, the baby loungers do not have a stand, posing a fall hazard if used on elevated surfaces. These violations create an unsafe sleeping environment and can cause death or serious injury to infants.
• SARO Braided Crib Bumpers
  • The recalled padded crib bumpers violate the federal ban on crib bumpers because they can obstruct an infant’s breathing, posing a risk of serious injury or death, due to suffocation. This creates an unsafe sleeping environment for infants. Padded crib bumpers are banned by the federal Safe Sleep for Babies Act.
• Julie and Judah Pajama Pants and Shorts
  • The pajama pants and shorts violate the mandatory standards for flammability of children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.

Household Products and Supplies: 

• Bazic Silicone Glue
  • The glue contains methanol, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The glue’s packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children. In addition, the glue violates the labeling requirements under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act because it is incorrectly labeled as “Non-Toxic” and because it lacks a “highly flammable” hazard statement.
• Topkay Lighters
  • The recalled lighters violate the mandatory standard for multipurpose lighters because they do not have the required child-resistant mechanisms, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.
• Angry Orange Enzyme Stain Removers
  • The recalled products can contain bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental organism found widely in soil and water. People with weakened immune systems, external medical devices, or underlying lung conditions who are exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa face a risk of serious infection that may require medical treatment. The bacteria can enter the body if inhaled, through the eyes, or through a break in the skin. People with healthy immune systems are usually not affected by bacteria.
• Cumbor Retractable Safety Gates
  • The recalled gates violate the mandatory standard for expansion gates and expandable enclosures because a child’s torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to entrapment.
• HEZI Brand Power Strips
  • The power strips have an ungrounded metal enclosure that poses an electrocution hazard if energized, resulting in serious injury or death.
• Frigidaire-brand Minifridges
  • The minifridges’ internal electrical components can short circuit and ignite the surrounding plastic housing, posing fire and burn hazards.
• Vasicar 18-Drawer Dressers
  • The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
• Sangohe Adult Portable Bed Rails
  • The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. In addition, the bed rails do not bear the required hazard warning labels.
• YOLAAH Adult Portable Bed Rails
  • The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails, because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. In addition, the bed rails do not bear the required hazard warning labels.
• Agrish Adult Portable Bed Rails
  • The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation.
• Rattan 6-Drawer Dressers
  • The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in a risk of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
• Natural Antler Chandeliers
  • If the chandelier is hung at an angle on a vaulted ceiling or a sloped beam, the chandelier canopy hardware can break, causing the chandelier to detach and fall from the ceiling, posing an impact hazard.
• Isla Rae Magnetic Wireless Chargers
  • The chargers can explode while in use, posing a fire and burn hazard.

Outdoor Products and Vehicles: 

• Hot Water Pressure Washers
  • The fan wheel on the recalled pressure washers can fail, causing abnormal burner operation that can produce smoke and/or bursts of flames during use, posing a fire hazard.
• Sunneday and Blue Bay Above-Ground Pools
  • The compression strap that surrounds the outside of the pool legs may create a foothold, allowing a child access to the pool, posing a drowning risk.
• Trek and Electra Electric Bicycles
  • The rear wheel bolts can break when torqued, causing the wheel to separate from the bicycle, posing a fall hazard.
• LuxJet Submersible LED Lights
  • The recalled LED lights violate the mandatory standard for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries because they contain lithium coin batteries that can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. Additionally, the LED lights do not have the warnings required by Reese’s Law. When button cell and coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.
• Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro Cargo E-Bikes
  • The buckle can fail to fully latch when used with children in the cargo area, posing injury hazards to children.
• Magellan Odyssey Rocker Chairs
  • The recalled chairs’ legs can break, posing injury and fall hazards to consumers.
• Adirondack Patio Chairs
  • The recalled chairs can crack and collapse, posing injury and fall hazards.
• Rechargeable Lanterns
  • The lithium-ion batteries installed in the lanterns can overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
• R.X.Y Bicycle Helmets
  • The recalled helmets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets because the helmets do not comply with the impact attenuation, positional stability, labeling and certification requirements. The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a serious risk of injury or death due to head injury.
• Aluminum Alloy Bicycle Pedals
  • The pedal axle can crack, causing the pedal to detach from the crank, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
• Leaf Vacuums
  • Pieces from the recalled leaf vacuums can come loose inside the unit, or debris can pierce the chute, resulting in material ejecting and posing a laceration hazard to users and bystanders.

Fitness: 

• Matrix Retail and Vision Treadmills
  • The power cord can become loose from the treadmill’s power socket, posing a fire hazard.

If you believe you recently purchased a recalled product, stop using it, and check its recall notice (linked above for all products). Then follow the notice’s instructions, including where to return the product, how to get the product fixed, how to dispose of the product, how to receive a refund for the product, or what steps must be taken to receive a replacement product.
To view recalls issued prior to January visit the Consumer Protection Safety Commission website.