Costway Recalled 3,332 Convertible High Chairs Sold at Walmart and Target Because Babies Can Slip Between the Tray and Seat and Become Trapped or Fall

A feeding tray snapped in front of a baby looks like it keeps the child in place, but on one line of Costway high chairs it leaves a gap a small child can slip through. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Oct. 22, 2026, that about 3,332 Costway convertible high chairs are being recalled because they lack a passive restraint, creating a risk of entrapment or a fall that could lead to serious injury or death.

The chairs were sold at Walmart and Target stores nationwide and on Costway.com from May 2023 through July 2026, for $84 to $100. No incidents or injuries have been reported, and the company is offering a free replacement.

Which Costway high chairs are part of the recall

According to the CPSC recall notice (Recall No. 27-040), the recalled products are convertible high chairs that turn into a small table and chair set as a child grows. They came in four color combinations: purple and white, red and white, blue and white, and brown and white.

The notice lists no model numbers and says the chairs carry no tracking information, so families will need to go by the product itself, the colors and where and when it was bought. The firm behind the recall is Goplus Corporation, which does business as Costway and is based in Fontana, California. The chairs were made in China.

Because the chairs were sold in big-box stores for more than three years, many may have been passed along to relatives, sold secondhand or handed down to a younger sibling. Federal law prohibits selling a recalled product, and the recall notice repeats that warning.

Why a missing restraint matters on a high chair

The CPSC said the chairs violate the mandatory federal safety standard for high chairs. That rule, codified at 16 CFR 1231.2, requires every high chair sold in the U.S. to meet ASTM F404-21, the current consumer safety specification for high chairs.

The agency’s business guidance on high chairs says the standard covers chairs for children up to 3 years old and includes performance tests for the restraint system, tray integrity, tray latch release, side containment and stability. The required version depends on when a chair was built: according to the CPSC, chairs made after July 23, 2022 must meet ASTM F404-21, while those made after July 3, 2021 had to meet F404-20 and those made after June 19, 2019 had to meet F404-18. A passive restraint is one that works without a parent buckling anything, such as a fixed post between the child’s legs.

Without it, the recall notice says, a child can slip through the opening between the feeding tray and the seat. The child can then become trapped in that opening or fall from the chair.

The stakes are not theoretical. When the CPSC adopted its high chair rule, its final rule document counted 1,842 reported high chair incidents between January 2011 and September 2017, including 2 deaths and 271 injuries. Staff also estimated that 49,900 high chair-related injuries were treated in U.S. emergency rooms from 2011 through 2016, most of them falls.

The same CPSC review found that about 95% of the reported incidents involved problems with specific parts of the chair, a group that includes the restraint system, while design and stability issues made up only a few percent. Most of the emergency-room cases from 2015 and 2016 involved a child falling, often while climbing in or out, when a chair tipped, or when a restraint or another component failed or came loose.

Separate research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, published in Clinical Pediatrics, found that more than 9,400 children a year were treated in emergency departments for high chair injuries from 2003 through 2010, roughly one an hour. Falls were involved in 93% of them, and closed head injuries were the most common diagnosis. The study was led by Dr. Gary Smith, director of the hospital’s Center for Injury Research and Policy, and the hospital’s safety advice stresses that a tray does not restrain a child.

How to get the free replacement

The CPSC says parents and caregivers should stop using the recalled high chair right away and contact Costway for a free replacement. Families will be asked for a receipt or a photo of the product.

Costway will then send a prepaid shipping label to return the recalled chair. Once the company receives it, it will ship a replacement chair at no cost.

Costway can be reached toll-free at 844-242-1885 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by email at [email protected], or online at costway.com by clicking “Recall” at the bottom of the page. The CPSC’s own consumer hotline is 800-638-2772, and problems with any product can be reported at SaferProducts.gov.

Not the first Costway high chair recall

This is at least the second Costway high chair recall in about 18 months. In April 2025, the CPSC announced a recall of about 1,400 Babyjoy Convertible 6-in-1 High Chair Activity Centers, sold on Costway.com, Amazon and Target.com. In that case, the leg openings on the activity-center seat were too wide and the tray could detach, which violated both the high chair and stationary activity center rules. No incidents were reported then, either, and buyers were offered a full refund.

It also lands during a busy stretch for children’s product recalls this fall, after the recall of 15,200 dumpling squishy toys and the magnetic toy sets pulled from Amazon.

In the meantime, the general advice from safety researchers holds for any high chair a family uses: buckle the child in every time with a three- or five-point harness that includes a crotch strap or post, and never rely on the tray alone to keep a baby seated.

Parents who are not sure whether their chair is affected can compare its colors and the convertible table-and-chair design with the photos on the CPSC notice before contacting Costway.

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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.

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