Holiday feast season is here — but if your intellectual nourishment CPU is made by Cuisinart , think double before using it to whip up your tasty goody . This week , the troupe announcedthat it ’s voluntarily recalling around 8 million units , after 69 people reported finding confused pieces of its riveted vane in processed intellectual nourishment .
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission , “ the food central processor ’s riveted blade can crack over time and small metal man of the sword can break out off into the litigate food . This poses a laceration hazard to consumer . ” Already , they ’ve receive 30 reports of rima oris lacerations or tooth trauma .
Wondering if you own one of the problematic models ? turn over your food mainframe over , and look at the model number on the bottom . allot to CNET , you ’re ripe if the poser telephone number start with FP or ends in Y , or is a DLC-6 exemplar .
If your intellectual nourishment central processing unit contains any of the follow numbers , stop using it immediately , and touch Cuisinart for a free replacement sword :
CFP-9CFP-11DFP-7DFP-11DFP-14DLC-5DLC-7DLC-8DLC-10DLC - XPDLC-2007DLC-2009DLC-2011DLC-2014DLC-3011DLC-3014EV-7EV-10EV-11EV-14KFP-7MP-14 .
demand additional reassurance ? Check the food processor ’s blade . If it has four rivets and a beige center , it ’s getting recalled — but if it does n’t have rivets , it ’s fine .
To get a replacement blade , touch Cuisinart at 877 - 339 - 2534 , or natter the company ’s website andfill out a alternate var. . Nobody wants to hold it to the emergency elbow room or dentist ’s power when they should be unlax in front of a fire with family and friends .
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All range courtesy of Cuisinart .
