Table of contents
- Latest Toy Cactus Recall Updates
- September 11, 2025: CPSC Announces Recall 25-461
- Which Toy Cactus Products Are Affected?
- Why Was the Toy Cactus Recalled?
- Reported Incidents, Injuries, or Illnesses
- What Should Consumers Do?
- Legal Options
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What Counts as a Small Part in the Shierdu Cactus Toy Recall?
- Does the Small Parts Ban Exempt the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
- How Does CPSC Decide Whether a Toy Like the Shierdu Cactus Is Meant for Children Under Three?
- What Does the Choking Hazard Warning Label Rule Mean for the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
- Who Made the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
- How Does CPSC Test Small Parts on a Toy Like the Shierdu Cactus?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of the Shierdu children’s wooden cactus toy, a 28-piece building block set with model number SY-016, on September 11, 2025. It covers about 1,900 toys sold on Amazon.
As of October 2, 2026, the notice shows the recall has not been closed or expanded. The toy is intended for children under three and contains small parts. That violates the small parts ban and poses a deadly choking hazard.
Stop using the toy right away and contact Yiwu Shiyi Trading for a full refund, as the steps below explain. No injuries have been reported.
Latest Toy Cactus Recall Updates
September 11, 2025: CPSC Announces Recall 25-461
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced recall 25-461 of about 1,900 Shierdu children’s wooden cactus toys sold on Amazon, according to CPSC’s recall notice [1].
This is the only dated event on the notice, which lists no later update. Owners who still have the toy can find the steps to take under What Should Consumers Do?
Which Toy Cactus Products Are Affected?
The recall covers one product, the Shierdu children’s wooden building block cactus toy, identified by these details:
- Product: children’s wooden building block cactus toy sold as a set of 28 pieces
- Pieces: a natural wood color base with holes and wooden, bulbous segments with pegs that attach to each other to form a cactus
- Colors: the segments are painted yellow, light green, dark green, blue, red and gray
- Model number: SY-016, printed with the name SHIERDU on the label on the packaging
- Sold online at Amazon from October 2022 through August 2025 for about $17
- Retailer: Yiwu Shiyi Trading Co., Ltd., of China, as named in the notice
Why Was the Toy Cactus Recalled?
The Shierdu cactus toy was recalled because it violates the small parts ban, which CPSC says poses a deadly choking hazard.
CPSC’s small parts guidance says certain children’s products are banned hazardous substances [2]. These are products intended for children under 3 that present a choking, aspiration, or ingestion hazard because of small parts.
The ban is codified at 16 C.F.R. part 1501 [3]. That rule describes the articles the ban covers, lists exemptions and gives a test method.
CPSC’s small parts FAQ says the ban prevents deaths and injuries to children under three from choking on, inhaling, or swallowing small objects [4].
Reported Incidents, Injuries, or Illnesses
No incidents or injuries have been reported with the recalled Shierdu cactus toy. A report of harm would not prove that the toy caused it.
What Should Consumers Do?
Take these steps, which come from the recall notice:
- Stop using the recalled Shierdu cactus toy right away, then contact Yiwu Shiyi Trading by email at yizhao2025@outlook.com and ask for a full refund.
- Throw the toy away when the company asks you to, then email a photo of the disposed toy to yizhao2025@outlook.com.
- If the company does not respond to your refund request, use the Recall Complaint form and explain the situation to CPSC in the form.
- Do not sell the toy to anyone, because federal law bars selling a product subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
Legal Options
As of October 2, 2026, no federal lawsuit, class action or MDL over the recalled Shierdu cactus toy has been reported. A recall does not automatically establish liability or eligibility for compensation.
A family whose child was hurt by the toy can ask for an individual legal review. Only that review can say whether a case is possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Counts as a Small Part in the Shierdu Cactus Toy Recall?
A small part in the Shierdu cactus toy recall is any object that fits, without compressing and in any orientation, entirely into the small parts cylinder, which approximates the fully expanded throat of a child under three. A piece that breaks off in use-and-abuse testing also counts.
Does the Small Parts Ban Exempt the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
The small parts ban does not exempt the Shierdu cactus toy, which is not on the exemption list at 16 C.F.R. § 1501.3. That list names items such as balloons, paper books, crayons, rattles, and pacifiers, and no building block set.
How Does CPSC Decide Whether a Toy Like the Shierdu Cactus Is Meant for Children Under Three?
CPSC decides a toy is meant for children under three by weighing three factors from its small parts FAQ. These are the manufacturer’s stated intent, such as an age on a label, how the toy is advertised and marketed, and whether people commonly recognize it as being for that age.
What Does the Choking Hazard Warning Label Rule Mean for the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
For the Shierdu cactus toy, the choking hazard warning label rule means certain children’s products that are or contain small parts must warn consumers against buying them for children under a certain age, per 16 C.F.R. § 1500.19. The notice does not say whether the toy carried one.
Who Made the Shierdu Cactus Toy?
The Shierdu cactus toy was made in China, but the recall notice does not name a manufacturer. It names only the company that handles refunds, and only as the retailer.
How Does CPSC Test Small Parts on a Toy Like the Shierdu Cactus?
CPSC small parts testing on a toy like the Shierdu cactus uses use and abuse tests, which include impact, flexure, torque, tension, and compression testing. These tests simulate the forces a toy can experience during normal use and abuse by children under three, and bite tests are excluded.