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RecallSep 25, 2025· All ages

Mad Rabbit "RELIEVE" Lidocaine Numbing Cream

Official title: Mad Rabbit Recalls "RELIEVE" Lidocaine Numbing Cream Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Poisoning to Young Children; Violates Mandatory Standard for Child-Resistant Packaging

Poisoning
Recalled RELIEVE Numbing Cream – Outer Packaging
Recalled RELIEVE Numbing Cream – Outer Packaging · Photo: CPSC
Recalled RELIEVE Numbing Cream
Recalled RELIEVE Numbing Cream · Photo: CPSC

Mad Rabbit recalled its RELIEVE lidocaine numbing cream, sold at trade shows, tattoo shops, other retailers and MadRabbit.com. The packaging is not child-resistant as federal law requires, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning if young children swallow the contents.

What to do

Consumers should immediately secure the recalled numbing cream out of the sight and reach of children and contact Mad Rabbit via email or online for a free child-resistant lid to store the products. Once the product is secured, consumers can use the product, as directed.

Contact: Mad Rabbit via email at product@madrabbit.com or online at https://www.madrabbit.com/pages/product-recalls or at https://www.madrabbit.com/pages/contact-us and click on "Product Recall" for more information.

How common was it?

ModerateAbout 28,000 sold, about 11 months

Thousands to tens of thousands sold. Worth a quick check.

Read the official CPSC notice →

Official notice

CPSC's own wording, unchanged.

Hazard

The numbing cream contains lidocaine, which must be in child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The numbing cream's packaging is not child-resistant, posing a risk of serious injury or death from poisoning, if the contents are swallowed by young children.

Sold at

Trade shows, tattoo shops, and other retailers nationwide and online at MadRabbit.com from October 2024 through August 2025 for about $26.

Units

About 28,000

Incidents and injuries

None reported

Brand

Mad Rabbit

From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled Sep 25, 2025. The summary above is ours; for anything that matters, go by the official notice. Had a problem with this product? Report it at SaferProducts.gov.

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