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Conair announced a massive recall of about 8 million Cuisinart food processors due to laceration hazard.
Only food processors with four rivets in the blades are included in the recall, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The food processors have model numbers on their bottoms that begin with the following: CFP-9, CFP-11, DFP-7, DFP-11, DFP-14, DLC-5, DLC-7, DLC-8, DLC-10, DLC-XP, DLC-2007, DLC-2009, DLC-2011, DLC-2014, DLC-3011, DLC-3014, EV-7, EV-10, EV-11, EV-14, KFP-7 and MP-14, according to a post on the agency’s website.
The blades are silver-colored stainless steel and have a beige plastic center hub, and the name “Cuisinart” is printed on the front and on the bottom of the products, according to the agency.
Conair Corp. of Stamford, Conn., owner of the Cuisinart brand, has received 30 reports of mouth lacerations or tooth injuries from the appliances and 69 reports of consumers finding broken pieces of the blade in processed food, according to the CPSC.
The food processors were sold nationwide and on various websites from July, 1996 through December, 2015 for between $100 and $350, according to the agency.
Agencies/Canadajournal
