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Product Recall Number: 15-183

Why was Nut chopper recalled?

The tines of the grinding mechanism can break and these fragments can fall into the food being chopped, posing a risk of injury to consumers.

Nut chopper
Here's product recall specific data for Nut chopper.

  • Product Recall Number: 15-183

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2015-07-15

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Nut chopper

  • Description: The tines of the grinding mechanism can break and these fragments can fall into the food being chopped.

  • Hazard Description: The tines of the grinding mechanism can break and these fragments can fall into the food being chopped, posing a risk of injury to consumers.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 27,000 (in addition, 5,100 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Avon received seven reports of the chopper bending or breaking, including two instances in which the tine fragments were found in the food prepared by the consumer but not swallowed. There have been no reports of injury.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled nut chopper and return it to Avon for a refund.

  • Sold At: Independent Avon sales representatives nationwide and online at Avon.com from June 2013 through December 2013 for between about $10 and $13.

  • Importers: Avon Products Inc., of New York, N.Y.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed