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Calendar Club of Canada recalls Magnetics Hematite Spheres
- Starting date:
- November 3, 2014
- Posting date:
- November 3, 2014
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Household Items, Toys
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Physical Hazard
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-42029
Affected products
Magnetics Hematite Spheres
Product description
This recall involves small powerful magnetics hematite spheres that can be used to build sculptures, puzzles, patterns, or shapes. These magnet sets come in a clear plastic box and are sold with the description: greatest magnetic toy and stress reliever. The product can be identified by the following UPC code:
- Magnetics Spheres UPC 0811200013833.
Hazard identified
Calendar Club of Canada is voluntarily recalling these products from the market in response to a risk assessment conducted by Health Canada.
The risk assessment on these magnet sets has informed Health Canada's determination that they are a danger to human health and safety because they contain small powerful magnets which can be easily swallowed or inhaled by children. Unlike other small objects that would be more likely to pass normally through the digestive system if swallowed, when more than one small powerful magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract one another while travelling through the digestive system. The magnets can then pinch together and create a blockage and slowly tear through the intestinal walls, causing perforations.
The results of swallowing small powerful magnets can be very serious and life-threatening. Swallowing incidents have often resulted in considerable damage to the gastrointestinal tissues and required emergency surgical treatment. For survivors, there can be serious long-term health consequences.
Neither Calendar Club of Canada nor Health Canada have received reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of this product.
For more information on the danger or swallowing magnets, please see Health Canada's page on Magnets.
Number sold
Approximately 38 units of the affected products were sold at Calendar Club and Go Toys and Games stores across Canada.
Time period sold
The recalled products were sold from August 25, 2014 to October 8, 2014.
Place of origin
Manufactured in China.
Companies
- Manufacturer
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Zorbitz Inc.
Los Angeles
California
UNITED STATES
- Retailer
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Calendar Club of Canada
Paris
Ontario
CANADA
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What you should do
Consumers should stop using the recalled magnet sets immediately and return the product to Calendar Club of Canada for a full refund. For more information, consumers may contact Calendar Club of Canada at 1-866-550-4455, Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.