ABC Trading recalls light-up glasses, headbands and ties over button battery swallowing risk
The toys hold button cell batteries in compartments that children can easily open, and swallowed batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.
What to do
Stop using the toys immediately and contact ABC Trading for a refund. You will be asked to email recallabc@gmail.com a photo showing the product being thrown in the trash.
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Recall details
- Product
- Light-Up Glasses, Crown Headbands, Sparkle Headbands and Ties
- Hazard
- The recalled children’s toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain button cell batteries and the compartments that hold the batteries can be easily accessed 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.
- Injuries
- None reported
- Units
- About 43,674 units
- Where sold
- Sold at ABC Trading stores in Los Angeles, California and other specialty stores nationwide and online at abctradinginc.com from September 2016 through May 2026 for about $1.
- Remedy
- Refund
- Notice last updated
- September 24, 2026
- Recall date
- September 24, 2026
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from CPSC.
ABC Trading Recalls Light-Up Children’s Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Battery Ingestion; Violate Mandatory Standard for Toys
- Description
- These recalled products are packaged in a large clear plastic bag. A white label on the clear plastic bag has, in black font, one of the following identifiers: 6502 (for the light-up tie), HD-10 (for the light-up headbands) or L-508 (for the light-up glasses). Each of the items are packaged in individual clear plastic in the larger bag. A white label on the individual clear plastic bag has black lettering that reads: “MADE IN CHINA, Importer: ABC TRADING, INC.”
- Hazard
- The recalled children’s toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain button cell batteries and the compartments that hold the batteries can be easily accessed 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.
- Remedy
- Consumers should stop using the recalled light-up toys immediately and contact ABC Trading for a refund. Consumers will be asked to email recallabc@gmail.com a photograph showing the product being disposed of in the trash. Note: Button cell batteries are hazardous. Batteries should be disposed of or recycled by following local hazardous waste procedures. Remedy options: Refund.
- Injuries
- None reported
- Number of units
- About 43,674 units
- Sold at
- Sold at ABC Trading stores in Los Angeles, California and other specialty stores nationwide and online at abctradinginc.com from September 2016 through May 2026 for about $1.
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