Cricket equipment recalls: what the regulators have published.

Health Canada: junior cricket sets (14 August 2023)

On 14 August 2023 Health Canada published a recall of Junior Cricket sets sold under the Garden Games and Big Game Hunters names (product code 530). The reason given was that the sets may contain lead and/or phthalates above the allowable limits. Health Canada's notice says:

• 73 units were sold in Canada between October 2019 and June 2021;
• no incidents had been reported in Canada as of 9 August 2023;
• the sets were made in India for Garden Games/Big Game Hunters of Oxfordshire, England, and imported by DOM Enterprises and Mfg. Ltd of Toronto;
• consumers were told to stop using the sets and to ask for a replacement.

The hazard named was a chemical one (lead and phthalates), not an impact or protection failure.

What was searched without finding a cricket helmet recall

Searches on 22 October 2026 covered Australia (ACCC Product Safety), Canada (Health Canada), the US (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and the UK (Office for Product Safety and Standards). No regulator recall of a cricket helmet was found in any of them. The UK government's product recalls and alerts list and the US CPSC database were not searched directly, only through web search, so a notice could exist that the search did not surface.

One result is worth flagging because it looks relevant and is not: a 2008 CPSC recall of junior batting helmets for lead paint concerns baseball helmets made by Rawlings, not cricket helmets.

What is not a recall

Some helmet rules can look like recalls but are not product-safety notices:

• Older standards withdrawn from use. NZC's 2024-25 Helmet Policy tells its Major Associations to remove helmets that comply only with earlier standards, naming BS 7928:1998 and AS/NZS 4499.1:1997. That is a governing body's rule for its own cricket, not a regulator's recall.
• Replacement after a blow. The ICC says any helmet component that takes a severe blow should be replaced even if no damage is visible, and NZC's policy says a helmet must be replaced after a severe impact from a ball, if damage can be seen or felt, or after a hard knock or squashing. These are rules about an individual helmet after use.
• Lists of compliant helmets. The ICC links a list of helmets meeting BS 7928:2013 and BS 7928:2013+A1:2019, dated 29 September 2026. A helmet's absence from such a list is not a recall, and this site does not say any helmet is certified, safe or legal.

Withdrawals announced by a governing body, a shop or a maker, rather than a regulator, are not recorded on this page. The standards themselves are explained on helmet standards.