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Product Recall Number: 17-050

Why was Food processors recalled?

The food processor’s riveted blade can crack over time and small, metal pieces of the blade can break off into the processed food. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers.

Food processors
Here's product recall specific data for Food processors.

  • Product Recall Number: 17-050

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-12-13

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Food processors

  • Description: This recall involves the riveted blades in Cuisinart food processors with model numbers 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. The model number is located on the bottom of the food processor. The blades have four rivets and are silver-colored stainless steel and have a beige plastic center hub. Only food processors with four rivets in the blades are included in this recall. Cuisinart is printed on the front and on the bottom of the food processors.

  • Hazard Description: The food processor’s riveted blade can crack over time and small, metal pieces of the blade can break off into the processed food. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 8 million (in addition, about 300,000 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Conair has received 69 reports of consumers finding broken pieces of the blade in processed food, including 30 reports of mouth lacerations or tooth injuries.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the food processor’s riveted blade and contact Cuisinart for a free replacement blade.

  • Sold At: Department, gourmet and specialty stores nationwide and on various websites from July 1996 through December 2015 for between $100 and $350.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: Conair Corp., of Stamford, Conn., owner of the Cuisinart brand

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed