ABC Trading Toy Recall: Battery-Injury Records

A light-up party toy may arrive without a receipt or its original bag. If a child may have swallowed a battery, finding the packaging must not delay care. Later, that packaging can help connect the toy to the right recall and seller.

On September 24, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of about 43,674 ABC Trading light-up glasses, crown headbands, sparkle headbands, and ties. CPSC says children can easily access the button cell batteries, creating an ingestion hazard, including internal chemical burns and death. The notice reports no incidents or injuries.

Medical care first: If you suspect a child swallowed a button battery, seek immediate emergency medical care and call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or the National Battery Ingestion Hotline at 1-800-498-8666 for treatment guidance. Do not wait for symptoms or product identification. Do not induce vomiting. Call 911 if the child has trouble breathing, collapses, or cannot be awakened. Follow emergency and poison-center instructions; evidence collection comes later.

For immediate steps, use our short guide after suspected toy-battery ingestion.

Match the September recall, not just the importer’s name

CPSC recall 26-799 identifies these codes on the white label of the large clear outer bag:

• 6502: light-up ties;
• HD-10: light-up headbands;
• L-508: light-up glasses.

Individual clear bags identify ABC TRADING, INC. as importer. CPSC lists sales at ABC Trading stores in Los Angeles, other specialty stores nationwide, and the importer’s website from September 2016 through May 2026, for about $1. It identifies the importer as ABC Trading Inc., of Vernon, California.

ABC Trading’s recall-information page also contains other notices, including May 2026 recalls. Do not substitute a different toy, code, sales period, or remedy merely because the importer is the same. Compare the September notice’s photographs and identifiers. A visual resemblance alone does not establish that the toy involved is recalled.

This article does not report a local injury linked to these toys. It explains records that may matter if a child was hurt.

Reconstruct how the toy reached the child

A party favor may have passed from a store to an organizer, then to a guest. The family may never have seen the outer bag. As a practical starting point, ask the purchaser to save:

• the outer bag and individual packaging, if safely available;
• the receipt, invoice, online order, seller name, and delivery details;
• existing photographs of the favors before distribution;
• messages identifying who bought, distributed, or received them;
• the listing, instructions, warnings, and recall messages.

Keep originals lawfully available to you and a private backup. Record who supplied each item and when. Label a photograph of another toy as a comparison, not a photograph of the child’s toy. Do not create a receipt or fill gaps with guesses.

These records can help distinguish products that look alike. They do not establish that an organizer, caregiver, retailer, or importer is legally responsible.

Record the compartment’s condition without testing it

After medical needs are addressed, keep children away from the recalled toys and loose batteries. Stop use. If safe, photograph the toy as found and any already-visible label or compartment. Do not pry it open, shake batteries loose, activate it, repair it, or ask a child to demonstrate what happened.

Write down whether anyone saw the child handle a battery, when a missing battery was noticed, and what was actually observed. Keep observations separate from later assumptions. Note any earlier battery changes, broken closures, or repairs without hiding them.

If a hospital or another professional has the battery or toy, ask whether its identity and handling can be documented under that organization’s procedures. Do not interfere with treatment or take medical material. A lawyer can discuss safe preservation with the people holding the evidence. A request does not guarantee access or mean a record exists.

A disposal photograph is not permission to trash a battery

The September CPSC notice directs consumers to stop use and contact ABC Trading for a refund. It calls for a photograph showing disposal of the product in the trash. The same notice separately says button cell batteries must be disposed of or recycled through local hazardous-waste procedures.

Do not interpret the toy-photo instruction as permission to place batteries in household trash. If you cannot safely separate or handle the item, keep children away and ask ABC Trading and the local hazardous-waste program how to proceed. Do not dismantle a damaged toy or handle a leaking battery for a photograph.

When an injury is involved, ask promptly about safe documentation before an irreversible return or disposal, without delaying care or keeping a hazard accessible. Save the instructions you received, pre-disposal photographs if safely obtainable, submitted photographs, correspondence, confirmation, and refund record. Record who took custody of the item and what changed.

The notice does not say a refund requires releasing an injury claim. Do not assume it does. Read any actual terms presented; the effect of a separate agreement depends on its wording, the facts, and the law. Our guide to injury-claim papers explains why the document itself matters.

What a California product-injury review still needs

The Judicial Council’s CACI No. 1200 distinguishes manufacturing defects, design defects, and inadequate instructions or warnings. The applicable legal theory and evidence matter; a recall is not an automatic decision about a particular family’s claim.

A review may ask which product was involved, who supplied it, what condition it was in, how the battery became accessible, and whether an alleged defect caused harm. Do not treat a missing screw, a recalled model, or a medical visit as answering every question. Technical and medical evidence may be needed.

Save emergency and follow-up records, imaging reports already available to you, discharge instructions, bills, and a timeline of what caregivers told clinicians. Describe uncertainty honestly. Do not diagnose an internal burn from a photograph or delay follow-up because the child seems better. Follow the treating team’s instructions.

If no one was hurt and no ingestion is suspected, the immediate issue is stopping use and following the recall safely—not assuming compensation is owed. If a child was injured, seek advice about the specific facts and applicable deadlines rather than waiting for the refund process to finish.

Sources checked September 28, 2026

• CPSC: ABC Trading light-up-toy recall, September 24, 2026
• ABC Trading: recall notices and remedy information
• National Capital Poison Center: button-battery treatment guidance
• Poison Control: first aid for a poisoning emergency
• Judicial Council: 2026 CACI, No. 1200

Recall information can change. These sources establish the notice and general guidance, not the cause of a specific injury or any party’s liability.

Questions about an injury involving a toy?

Law Office of Arta Wildeboer helps people in Downey, the Gateway Cities, and Southeast Los Angeles evaluate personal-injury concerns. A consultation can address product identification, available records, and the next steps for a child’s injury. Keep medical records and children’s identifying details out of ordinary website messages.

Call (562) 608-8887 or request a free consultation.

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