38,253 Warm Feather highchair toys: CPSC warns parents to stop using them

What the CPSC warned about (and why it is not a recall)

On Aug. 27, 2026 the CPSC published a product safety warning, number 26-728, covering Warm Feather Pull String Highchair Teething Toys. About 38,253 were sold. The toy is a yellow suction cup base with a teal ball in the center and six white, orange and blue silicone pull strings running through the ball; the base has six soft push buttons. "Table toy" is printed on the front of the packaging.

A warning is different from a recall. In a recall, the company agrees to a corrective action, and the CPSC notice lists a remedy (refund, repair or replacement) and a company contact. In a product safety warning, the CPSC has concluded a product is hazardous but the seller has not agreed to recall it, so the agency publishes the hazard on its own. The notice carries a "Consumer Action" line instead of a "Remedy" line, and a warning number instead of a recall number.

Here, the CPSC says it issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Suzhou Jinchengzi Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd., doing business as Gold-Orange, of China, and that "Gold-Orange has not cooperated with requests to recall these teething toys."

Why the CPSC says the toy is dangerous

The toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are longer and thinner than permitted. The CPSC's notice explains the consequence: the strings "can reach the back of children's throat and become lodged, posing a risk of respiratory distress and deadly choking hazard."

Because the problem is the dimensions of the strings themselves, there is nothing to inspect or repair. The agency's instruction is simply to stop using the toy and throw it away.

The same string-size rule was behind a recall announced the same day for the Chillife 5-in-1 Montessori Baby Toy Set, whose pull string teether is described in near-identical terms. The difference is that Chillife Official agreed to a recall with a partial refund, while Gold-Orange did not. The CPSC also warned the same day about Girigi magnetic building blocks, another Amazon-sold toy whose seller has not agreed to a recall.

Where it was sold

The CPSC notice says the toys were sold online at Amazon.com from July 2023 through April 2026 for about $12. It adds that the teether "may have also been sold by various third-party sellers and on other websites," so buying it somewhere other than Amazon does not mean yours is a different product.

Nearly three years of sales means many of these toys are now on their second child or sitting in a hand-me-down bin. If you recognize the yellow base, teal ball and multicolor strings anywhere your child eats, including at a relative's house or a daycare, treat it as covered by the warning.

Because no company is running a recall, there is no seller contact on the notice and no return process. The notice does not address whether Amazon will accept returns of the toy.

How to identify the toy

The notice gives no model number or ASIN. Identification relies on the appearance of the toy and the packaging text. Compare yours against the details below, all taken from the CPSC warning.

If your toy is a similar highchair suction teether from a different brand, this warning does not name it. You can search the CPSC recalls and warnings page by brand to see whether it has its own notice, and you can check your Amazon order history for the seller name and purchase date.

Reported incidents and injuries

The CPSC says it is aware of nine reports of children beginning to choke on the toys. No medical attention was required in any of those reports, according to the notice.

Nine near-choking reports is more than the four the agency cited for the Chillife teether recalled the same day, and the Warm Feather toy has no company standing behind it to collect further reports. That makes consumer reports to the CPSC more important than usual.

If your child has had any incident with this toy, the agency asks that you report it at SaferProducts.gov, whether or not there was an injury. You can also call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772.

What to do if you have one

The CPSC's consumer action, quoted from the notice: "CPSC urges consumers to stop using the pull string toys immediately and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous toys."

That is the whole instruction. Because this is a warning rather than a recall, there is no refund, repair or replacement offered, no company hotline and no form to fill in. The notice does not say the seller will take the toy back. If that changes, the CPSC page for warning 26-728 is where an update would appear.

1. Take the toy off the highchair and out of your child's reach now.
2. Throw the toy away. The CPSC says not to sell it or give it away, so do not list it on a resale app or put it in a donation bag.
3. Keep your Amazon order confirmation and a photo of the toy and packaging in case a recall or refund process is announced later.
4. Report any choking incident, with or without an injury, at SaferProducts.gov or by calling 800-638-2772.

Who issued the warning and when

The warning was issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Aug. 27, 2026. The notice is filed as Product Safety Warning Number 26-728; it has no recall number because no recall exists. The seller named is Suzhou Jinchengzi Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd., doing business as Gold-Orange, of China, and the toys were manufactured in China.

The CPSC says it issued a Notice of Violation to Gold-Orange and that the seller has not cooperated with requests to recall the toys. There is no status line on a warning the way there is on a recall; the practical status is that the hazard stands and the consumer instruction stands.

Warnings like this one are listed alongside recalls on the CPSC's recalls and product safety warnings page, and the agency publishes a downloadable list of all product safety warnings there. For contrast, see the recall announced the same day for the Kmaier infant walker, where the seller is offering a full refund.

How to monitor recalls and why to keep your receipts

Warnings like this one are easy to miss because no company is contacting buyers. Check the CPSC recalls and warnings page yourself, or subscribe to CPSC email alerts. For food, drugs and cosmetics, use the FDA recalls page and FoodSafety.gov alerts; for meat and poultry, USDA FSIS recalls; for vehicles, the VIN lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Retailer notifications and the brand's own website are worth checking too.

Keep receipts, order confirmations and photos of packaging (model numbers, lot codes, UPCs, best-by dates). If a company refund, reimbursement or a future claim program becomes available, that paperwork may be what proves you owned the product; the same records are what class action claim forms usually ask for. Owed does not track recalls, but it does track open class action settlements on its settlements page.

Glossary

Product safety warning

A notice the CPSC publishes on its own when it has found a product hazardous but the seller has not agreed to a recall. It tells consumers what to do but offers no company remedy.

Recall

A corrective action a company takes in consultation with the CPSC. A recall notice lists a remedy such as a refund, repair or replacement, and a company contact.

Notice of Violation

A formal notice from the CPSC telling a company that its product violates a mandatory standard. The CPSC says it sent one to Gold-Orange, which has not cooperated with requests to recall the toys.

Mandatory standard for toys

Federal safety requirements for toys sold in the U.S. The Warm Feather teether fails the rule limiting how long and thin pull strings can be.

Consumer Action

The line on a CPSC warning that replaces the Remedy line on a recall. Here it reads: stop using the toy, dispose of it, and do not sell or give it away.

SaferProducts.gov

The CPSC's public database where consumers report incidents with products and can search other people's reports.

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