Before the next birthday party, dress-up afternoon or trip through the grandchildren’s old toy box, families may want to look closely at any inexpensive light-up accessories they have accumulated over the years.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of approximately 43,674 light-up children’s glasses, crown headbands, sparkle headbands and ties because children can easily access the button cell batteries inside them.
That creates much more than an ordinary choking concern.
If a child swallows a button or coin battery, it can cause serious internal chemical burns, severe injury and death.
The recalled products violate the mandatory federal safety standard for toys because their battery compartments can be easily accessed by children.
And this recall may require families to look much further back than their most recent purchases.
The products were sold for about $1 from September 2016 through May 2026—a sales period spanning nearly a decade.
See the official CPSC recall notice and photographs of all four recalled products
Four Types of Light-Up Accessories Are Included
The recall involves children’s light-up accessories imported by ABC Trading Inc. of Vernon, California.
Families should look for:
Light-up glasses
Light-up crown headbands
Light-up sparkle headbands
Light-up ties
The CPSC has photographs of each product on its recall page, which may be especially helpful if the original packaging disappeared years ago.
These are inexpensive novelty accessories—the kind of thing a family might have purchased for a birthday party, celebration, costume, school event or just because a child thought it was fun.
At about $1 each, they’re also exactly the type of item someone might buy without keeping a receipt or remembering the manufacturer’s name.
Look for These Three Identifying Codes
If the original packaging is still around, identifying the recalled products becomes much easier.
According to the CPSC, the products were packaged inside a large clear plastic bag.
A white label printed in black on that bag contains one of three identifiers:
6502 — Light-Up Tie
HD-10 — Light-Up Headbands
L-508 — Light-Up Glasses
Each item was also individually packaged in clear plastic inside the larger bag.
The white label on the individual package reads:
“MADE IN CHINA, Importer: ABC TRADING, INC.”
Those numbers and that importer name are the most useful pieces of information to compare when checking products that still have their packaging.
Compare your light-up toys with the CPSC’s official recall photographs and identifying information
Why This Recall May Require Looking in Unexpected Places
The sales dates make this recall unusual.
These products were sold between September 2016 and May 2026.
Think about how much can happen to a $1 children’s accessory over almost 10 years.
A light-up headband purchased for one child’s birthday could eventually be handed down to a younger sibling.
Party favors can wind up in dress-up bins.
Old Halloween accessories get packed into plastic tubs and pulled out every October.
Grandparents often keep toys at their homes long after grandchildren outgrow them.
Teachers, churches, daycare centers and children’s ministries may have bins of inexpensive novelty items collected over many years.
A light-up tie might even be sitting in a junk drawer because nobody knew where else to put it.
That’s why checking only toys purchased recently could miss the point of this recall.
Families may need to think about where inexpensive light-up accessories have accumulated over the last several years.
Why Are Button Batteries So Dangerous?
Button and coin batteries are small, round batteries used in an enormous variety of household products.
Their size is part of what makes them dangerous around young children.
A child can pick one up and swallow it before an adult realizes what has happened.
But the danger isn’t limited to choking.
A battery that becomes lodged inside a child’s body can cause a chemical reaction that damages tissue.
The CPSC warns that swallowed button and coin batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.
That’s why federal safety standards require battery compartments in children’s products to prevent children from easily accessing the batteries.
In these recalled toys, the CPSC says the compartments holding the button cell batteries can be easily accessed by children.
The Toy Doesn’t Have to Be Broken to Be Recalled
Parents shouldn’t assume they’re looking for a cracked or visibly damaged battery compartment.
The federal recall concerns the design of the products.
According to the CPSC, the battery compartments can be easily accessed by children, which violates the mandatory safety standard for toys.
So a light-up headband or pair of glasses may still light up perfectly.
The plastic may look fine.
The product may have been used dozens of times without an obvious problem.
None of that determines whether it is included in the recall.
If the product matches the recalled item, families should follow the recall instructions rather than continuing to use it because it appears undamaged.
What Should Parents Do if They Find One?
The CPSC says consumers should stop using the recalled light-up toys immediately and contact ABC Trading for a refund.
There is an important step involved in getting that refund.
Consumers will be asked to provide ABC Trading with a photograph showing the recalled product being disposed of in the trash.
So don’t simply throw the toy away before documenting it if you plan to request the refund.
The CPSC also specifically cautions that button cell batteries are hazardous and says batteries should be disposed of or recycled according to local hazardous-waste procedures.
Open the official CPSC recall instructions for the refund and disposal process
Don’t Hand It Down to Another Child
Because these were inexpensive accessories, throwing one away may seem wasteful if it still works.
But don’t solve the problem by handing it to another family.
Don’t put it into a donation box.
Don’t save it for visiting grandchildren.
And don’t send it to school, church or daycare for a costume bin.
A recalled children’s product shouldn’t simply move from one household to another.
The issue that prompted the recall—the accessible button batteries—moves with it.
Parents Aren’t the Only Ones Who Should Check
The wording of this recall makes it sound like a toy-box problem.
It could just as easily be a grandparent’s-house problem.
Grandparents often have collections of toys that span years.
Some stay in the same basket or closet through several grandchildren.
A toy purchased in 2017 may still be perfectly recognizable and functional in 2026.
That’s normally one of the nice things about keeping toys at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.
In a recall with a nearly decade-long sales period, however, it also means older products shouldn’t automatically be assumed safe simply because children have played with them before without incident.
Parents may want to send the recall photographs to grandparents and other caregivers rather than simply asking whether they have “ABC Trading toys.”
The brand name may mean nothing to them.
A photograph of the flashing glasses or headband may immediately look familiar.
Check Costume and Party Supplies Too
A traditional toy box isn’t the only place these products might be hiding.
Look in:
Halloween costume bins
Birthday-party supplies
Dress-up clothes
Kids’ jewelry and accessory drawers
School-spirit supplies
Holiday decorations
Junk drawers
Grandparents’ toy baskets
Church or children’s ministry supplies
Daycare or classroom dress-up areas
Because the products cost about $1, families may not have treated them like permanent toys.
They may have been tossed into whatever drawer or container seemed convenient after an event.
What if the Packaging Is Gone?
After several years, that’s probably going to be common.
A child who received a light-up headband at a party almost certainly didn’t save the plastic package.
That’s where the CPSC photographs become particularly valuable.
The agency’s recall page shows the crown headbands, sparkle headbands, glasses and ties included in the recall.
Compare questionable items with those photographs.
If you can’t confidently identify an old light-up children’s accessory, keep it away from young children while determining whether it is affected.
And don’t intentionally open the battery compartment around children just to inspect it.
The problem in this recall is that the batteries are already too accessible.
No Injuries Have Been Reported
There is encouraging news in the CPSC announcement.
No incidents or injuries have been reported in connection with these recalled products.
That’s important context.
The recall doesn’t mean the government has received reports of dozens of children swallowing batteries from these particular toys.
Instead, the products are being recalled because their design violates a mandatory safety standard intended to prevent that kind of tragedy.
The absence of reported injuries shouldn’t be interpreted as a reason to keep using a recalled product.
Safety standards are intended to address dangerous conditions before a child is seriously hurt.
What if You Think a Child Swallowed a Button Battery?
This is not something to watch at home and wait for symptoms to develop.
A swallowed button battery can cause serious internal injury even when a child initially appears fine.
If you know or suspect that a child has swallowed a button or coin battery, treat it as an emergency and seek immediate medical guidance.
Do not wait until the child complains of pain.
Do not assume everything is fine because the child is breathing normally.
And don’t make the child vomit unless a medical professional specifically instructs you to do so.
The National Battery Ingestion Hotline is available at 800-498-8666, and families can also contact Poison Control at 800-222-1222.
If a child is having difficulty breathing or experiencing another life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Why Button Batteries Can Be Deceptively Dangerous
Part of the problem is that these batteries don’t look particularly frightening.
They’re tiny.
They’re shiny.
And to a young child, they may look like something interesting to pick up or put in the mouth.
An adult might see a loose battery on the floor and think, I need to pick that up.
A toddler doesn’t understand what it is.
That is why preventing access is so important.
A battery compartment on a children’s product shouldn’t be something a young child can simply open.
The CPSC says these recalled products violate the mandatory toy standard specifically because children can easily access the button cell batteries inside.
A $1 Toy Can Stay in a House for Years
The low price of these accessories is one of the most interesting parts of the recall.
A $1 toy may not feel important enough to remember.
That’s precisely what can make it difficult to identify years later.
People tend to remember expensive purchases.
They remember buying the bicycle.
They remember ordering the tablet.
They may even remember the brand of a large playset.
Few people remember the manufacturer of the blinking headband they bought at a party-supply store seven years ago.
Yet inexpensive products can remain in homes for just as long.
This recall is a good reminder that price has nothing to do with whether a product deserves attention when a federal safety warning is issued.
Don’t Forget Toys at Someone Else’s House
Children don’t play only with toys in their own bedrooms.
If your child regularly spends time with:
Grandparents.
A babysitter.
Other relatives.
A daycare provider.
A church nursery.
A preschool.
Or close family friends.
it may be worth sharing the CPSC photographs with those caregivers too.
Again, asking someone whether they own an ABC Trading L-508 isn’t likely to produce much recognition.
Showing them the recalled light-up glasses might.
Why the Recall Is Happening Now
Some families may reasonably wonder why products sold as far back as 2016 are being recalled in 2026.
Consumer-product safety standards have become considerably more stringent around button and coin batteries.
The danger of battery ingestion has led to federal requirements designed to make batteries harder for children to access and to improve warnings associated with products containing them.
The key fact for consumers, however, is simpler:
The CPSC has determined that these children’s toys violate the mandatory safety standard because their button cell batteries can be easily accessed.
Whatever year the item was purchased, the agency says consumers should stop using the recalled toys immediately.
Three Numbers Can Make the Search Much Easier
If you’re standing in front of a closet full of party supplies trying to determine what matters, remember these three identifiers:
6502 — Tie
HD-10 — Headbands
L-508 — Glasses
And on individual packaging, look for:
“MADE IN CHINA, Importer: ABC TRADING, INC.”
The CPSC recall number itself is:
26-799
Those details can help distinguish these recalled items from the many other inexpensive light-up accessories that look similar.
The Bottom Line for Parents and Grandparents
This isn’t a recall that requires families to panic over every flashing toy in the house.
It does deserve a deliberate check.
Approximately 43,674 light-up children’s glasses, crown headbands, sparkle headbands and ties are being recalled because children can easily access the button cell batteries inside them.
They were sold at ABC Trading stores in Los Angeles, specialty stores nationwide and online from September 2016 through May 2026 for about $1.
That long sales window is the reason parents shouldn’t stop at the current toy box.
Check the old costume bin.
Check the birthday-party supplies.
Check the dress-up drawer.
And if the grandchildren regularly play at your house, check Grandma and Grandpa’s toy basket too.
Look for the product photographs and, when packaging remains, the identifiers 6502, HD-10 and L-508.
If you find one of the recalled products, stop using it and follow ABC Trading’s refund and disposal instructions.
No injuries have been reported.
The purpose of checking now is to help keep it that way.