About 3,332 Costway high chairs sold at Walmart and Target are recalled because a child can slip through

Costway is recalling about 3,332 convertible high chairs because they lack a passive restraint, which leaves a gap through which a child can slip. The chairs were sold at Walmart and Target stores nationwide and on Costway.com, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published the recall on Oct. 22.

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No incidents or injuries have been reported, according to the agency. Even so, the recall is classed as a violation of a mandatory federal standard, which means the chairs should never have been sold in this form and owners are being told to stop using them immediately.

Which Costway high chairs are covered

The recall, numbered 27-040, covers Costway convertible high chairs that fold into a table and chair set for toddlers. 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 it says there is no tracking information on the products, so color and design are the only ways to identify an affected chair.

The chairs were sold from May 2023 through July 2026 for between $84 and $100. Goplus Corporation, doing business as Costway and based in Fontana, California, is named as the firm responsible, and the chairs were manufactured in China. The CPSC lists no separate importer. The entry also appears in the agency’s recall data feed for recalls dated from Oct. 16 onward, where the unit count appears as “About 3,332.” The count is small by national standards, but the notice says the chairs were sold at Walmart and Target stores nationwide as well as online, so owners could be anywhere.

What the missing passive restraint allows

The agency’s description of the defect is short and specific. The chairs “do not contain a passive restraint system and a child can slip through the opening between the feeding tray and seat,” the notice says, which can lead to entrapment or a fall that risks serious injury or death. A passive restraint is the fixed crotch post or similar barrier that keeps a seated child from sliding down beneath the tray, working even when a caregiver forgets to buckle the straps.

The requirement has been in place for years. When the Commission approved the high chair standard in June 2018, its news release said high chairs must have a passive crotch restraint and a three-point restraint system, and it counted 1,842 incident reports tied to high chairs from January 2011 to September 2017, including 271 injuries. An estimated 18,500 high chair injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments across 2015 and 2016, according to the agency’s NEISS data.

The federal standard the chairs fail

That release led to the rule now codified as 16 CFR part 1231, which requires every high chair to comply with ASTM F404, the industry safety specification for high chairs. The current text of the part points to ASTM F404-21. The CPSC notice for the Costway chairs says only that they violate the mandatory standard for high chairs; it does not cite a section number or describe the testing that revealed the gap. The agency also maintains a high chair question-and-answer page that covers the purpose of the regulation, the definition of a high chair and the requirements manufacturers must meet.

This is not the first time the same company has appeared in a high chair notice. In April 2025 the CPSC announced a recall of about 1,400 Babyjoy 6-in-1 convertible high chair activity centers, whose seat label read “Goplus Corp.,” sold at Target, Amazon and Costway.com. Local coverage of that recall reported a different defect, leg openings that were too wide and a tray that could disengage, but the same regulatory finding: the products violated the federal regulations for high chairs.

How owners get the free replacement

The remedy is a replacement and not a refund. Owners should stop using the chair and contact Costway for a free replacement, providing a receipt or a photo of the product. Costway will then send a prepaid label to return the recalled chair, and after it receives the chair it ships the replacement at no charge.

Costway can be reached toll-free at 844-242-1885 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, or by email at [email protected]. The company’s website, Costway.com, carries a “Recall” link at the bottom of the page.

Because the chairs convert into a table and chair set, some families may still be using the product long after the high chair stage. The notice does not distinguish between the two configurations; the agency’s instruction is simply to stop using the chairs, and the sale window of May 2023 to July 2026 means every recalled chair is less than four years old. Anyone unsure whether a chair matches should compare its color pairing with the four listed above, since the absence of model numbers and tracking information leaves little else to check against.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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