17 official CPSC notices mention Big Lots in the where-sold text. A mention describes where the recalled product was sold, not who conducted the recall.
Sakar International
The recalled helmets do not comply with the positional stability and retention system requirements of the U.S. CPSC federal safety standard for bicycle helmets. The helmets can fail to protect in the event of a crash, posing a risk of head injury.
Sunjoy Industries
An incorrectly installed burner kit hose can melt and ignite, posing a fire hazard.
The center of the ottoman can collapse during normal use, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
The adaptors can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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Anji Jiayi Garden Supplies Company, Xiaofeng Town, China
The wooden swing's seat can break while in use, posing a fall hazard to the consumer.
The heaters can overheat and melt, posing a fire or electric shock hazard.
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The snaps can detach from the fabric of the garment, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children.
The wiring for the lamp's light sockets can become exposed, posing a risk of electric shock to consumers. In addition, use of the recommended standard 40 watt light bulbs can generate excessive heat, which can melt the double plastic shades over the bulbs.
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Dongguan Shindin Metal & Plastic Products
An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard. In addition, other exposed moving parts on the chair and the ottoman can pose finger pinching and crushing hazards to older children and adults.
Children behind the futon or in the ladder area of the bunk bed can get entrapped when the futon and its metal frame are lowered from the seated to the flat position. Also, the space between the last rung on the bunk bed's ladder and the futon mattress is too small, which can allow a child's body to pass through, but not the head, posing a head and neck entrapment hazard.
The bunk beds' mattress support slats and side support railings can break, posing a risk of the bunk bed collapsing and a fall hazard to consumers.
If the fabric flap velcro is not properly re-secured when the flap is adjusted, an infant can slip through the opening and become entrapped in the metal bars and suffocate.
Counted across all 17 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (1), JCPenney (1), Kmart (1), Target (1), and Walmart (1) are also named in the 17 notices that say where the products were sold. 3 of the 17 notices mention online sales.
The 16 notices that give a price range from $1 to $480. Half of them name a price of $102.50 or less.
By the 16 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 10 months or less; the longest for 5 years. Half the recalls came within 16 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 5 of the 8 notices that name a remedy, a replacement in 3. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 4 of the 17 notices (24%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then choking (3), entrapment (3), fall (3), and electric shock (2).
13 of the 17 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries. 4 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
China (14), Bangladesh (1), United States (1) and Vietnam (1), in the 17 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 17 recall notices for consumer products sold at Big Lots since 2001. Each notice names Big Lots as a place the product was sold, not as the firm conducting the recall. The most recent is “Sakar International Recalls Multi-Purpose Helmets Due to Risk of Head Injury” (CPSC 23-098), announced January 19, 2023.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for consumer products sold at Big Lots in 2026. The most recent was announced January 19, 2023 (CPSC 23-098).
By number of notices: jewelry (2), beds (2), cribs & bassinets (1), toys & play sets (1), playgrounds & swing sets (1) and sleepwear & pajamas (1), plus 8 more product types.
“Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Recall Simplicity Bassinets Due To Strangulation Hazard” (CPSC 08-381), announced August 28, 2008: about 900,000 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label and enter it in the site search. An exact match names the official CPSC notice that lists that number; open it to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across recalls of products sold at Big Lots, the remedies offered most often are refund (5) and replacement (3).
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