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RecallOct 9, 2025· Safety gear· Toddlers (1–3)

Mom Genius Retractable Safety Gates

Official title: Mom Genius Recalls Retractable Safety Gates Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment; Violates Mandatory Standard for Gates and Enclosures

Entrapment
Recalled Mom Genius retractable safety gate-black
Recalled Mom Genius retractable safety gate-black · Photo: CPSC
Recalled Mom Genius retractable safety gate-gray
Recalled Mom Genius retractable safety gate-gray · Photo: CPSC

Mom Genius Retractable Safety Gates, with a retractable mesh screen between metal frames, were sold on Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Purchasingpower.com and Perpay.com. They were recalled because a child's torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor, posing a risk of serious injury or death from entrapment, in violation of the federal gate standard.

What to do

Consumers should stop using the recalled retractable safety gates immediately and contact Mom Genius for a full refund. Consumers must destroy the gate by cutting through the mesh and take a photo showing the destroyed gate. Submit the photo to product-recall@momgenius.com. Once the photo is received, Mom Genius will issue a full refund.

Contact: Mom Genius at 844-266-6436, email product-recall@momgenius.com, or online at https://momgenius.com/pages/product-recall or https://momgenius.com/ and click "Recall" at the top of the page for more information.

How common was it?

NicheAbout 920 sold at Amazon and Walmart, 2024–2025

Fewer than about 5,000 sold, or sold in only a few places. Most families won't have one.

Read the official CPSC notice →

Official notice

CPSC's own wording, unchanged.

Hazard

The recalled gates violate the mandatory standard for expansion gates and expandable enclosures because a child's torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to entrapment.

Sold at

Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Purchasingpower.com and Perpay.com from March 2024 through June 2025 for between $50 and $7.

Units

About 920

Incidents and injuries

None reported

Model numbers and UPCs

SH.20.006B02

Brand

Mom Genius

From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled Oct 9, 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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