# Target Recalls Magnetic Tic Tac Toe Games Due to Choking and Magnet Ingestion Hazards
> **CPSC recall** · 2017-03-29 · 17119 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 17119
- **Date:** 2017-03-29
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Magnetic tic tac toe games

## Hazards

The magnets can come off the tic tac toe game pieces, posing a choking hazard. In addition, when two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside the intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.

## Remedies

Refund

## Retailer(s)

Target stores nationwide from December 2016 through February 2017 for about $5.

## Importer(s)

Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

This recall involves a magnetic tic tac toe 10 x 10 inch plywood board with nine "X" and "Heart" game pieces. The game pieces have a magnet on the back. Model number "234-25-1089" is printed on the bottom right corner of the product.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Target-Recalls-Magnetic-Tic-Tac-Toe-Games)
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