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Lifetime Brands Recalls Fruit and Vegetable Choppers Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold at Sam's Club

Recalled January 21, 2010 · CPSC recall 10717 · Lifetime

Recalled Multipurpose Chopper
Hazard
Pieces of the chopper's metal blades can break off during use and fall into food being prepared in the chopper, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers and return it to any Sam's Club for a full refund. Sam's Club is directly contacting consumers who purchased the recalled choppers.
Units
About 6,000
Incidents / injuries
Lifetime Brands has received three reports of blades breaking off during use, including one report of minor cuts to a consumer's mouth when a small piece of blade became lodged in food that had been sliced by the chopper.

Description

The recalled product is the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Chopper with model number 5061050 and UPC 024131114849. The product is a multipurpose chopper and corer for fruits and vegetables. The model number and UPC are located on the chopper's packaging.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers and return it to any Sam's Club for a full refund. Sam's Club is directly contacting consumers who purchased the recalled choppers.

Contact

For additional information, contact Lifetime Brands Inc. at (800) 471-3986 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, visit the firm's Web site www.lifetimebrands.com, or email the firm at [email protected]

Product
Pedrini® Pro Chop™ Professional Multipurpose Choppers
Imported by
Lifetime Brands Inc., of Garden City, N.Y.
Retailers
Sam's Club locations nationwide from October 2009 through December 2009 for about $25.
Made in
China
UPC
024131114849

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →