8 Million Cuisinart Food Processors Recalled Due to Laceration Hazard

Getting ready to use your Cuisinart over the holidays ? Not so fast. Some 8 million Cuisinart food processors are being recalled due to a laceration hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Tuesday morning.

Conair, the company that distributes and owns the Cuisinart brand, has received 69 reports of consumers finding broken pieces of the blade in processed food, including 30 reports of mouth lacerations or tooth injuries, according to the CPSC.

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

The CPSC's urgent warning to consumers: Immediately stop using the food processor’s riveted blade and contact Cuisinart for a free replacement blade.

The recalled Cuisinarts, 22 models in all, were sold at department, gourmet and specialty stores nationwide and on various websites from July 1996 through December 2015 for between $100 and $350. The machines were manufactured in China, according to the CPSC.

Consumers are asked to contact Cuisinart toll-free at 877-339-2534 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday or online at www.cuisinart.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information on the voluntary recall.

The CPSC encouraged anyone who may have purchased one of these models to check the bottom of the food processor and compare it with the following affected 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 CPSC and Conair note that the blades in question have four rivets, are silver-colored stainless steel and have a beige plastic center (see photo below).

Photo of recalled blade, photo supplied by CPSC:

PHOTO of Cuisinart at top of page courtesy of CPSC; 22 models in all are being recalled.