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Product Recall Number: 00-156

Why was Betty Crocker juice extractors recalled?

The juice extractor's filter and lid can break apart, and project metal and plastic into the air, causing injuries to nearby consumers.

Betty Crocker juice extractors
Here's product recall specific data for Betty Crocker juice extractors.

  • Product Recall Number: 00-156

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2000-08-02

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Betty Crocker juice extractors

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Appliance Co. of American LLC, of Great Neck, N.Y., voluntarily recalled about 229,000 Betty Crocker juice extractors. The juice extractor's filter and lid can break apart, and project metal and plastic into the air, causing injuries to nearby consumers. Appliance Co. of America had received 17 reports of the juice extractors' filters and lids breaking apart. Six consumers suffered minor cuts to their hands and arms. The Betty Crocker juice extractor being recalled is model number 1480, which is written underneath the unit as part of a mark that reads "BC-1480 Juice Extractor." The juice extractor is white, and measures 12.5-inches high, 6-inches wide and 8.75-inches long. Kmart stores nationwide sold these juice extractors from September 1992 through June 1995 for about $21. Consumers should stop using these juice extractors immediately, and discard or destroy them. The firm is out of business and cannot be contacted, and a remedy is no longer available.

  • Hazard Description: The juice extractor's filter and lid can break apart, and project metal and plastic into the air, causing injuries to nearby consumers.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Dispose, No Remedy Available

  • Units: About 229,000

  • Incidents: Appliance Co. of America had received 17 reports of the juice extractors' filters and lids breaking apart. Six consumers suffered minor cuts to their hands and arms.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop using these juice extractors immediately, and discard or destroy them. The firm is out of business and cannot be contacted, and a remedy is no longer available.

  • Sold At: Kmart stores nationwide sold these juice extractors from September 1992 through June 1995 for about $21.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed