Cuisinart

If you own a Cuisinart food processor made in the last 20 years, it may be subject to a huge voluntary recall that the company just announced. The recall of over eight million units was initiated in response to consumer reports of faulty blades that can break, leaving pieces of the blade in the processed food.

Twenty-two models are included in the recall, all  products that use stainless-steel blades with four rivets and a beige plastic center hub. Only blades with rivets are subject to the recall. The food processors were sold from July 1996 to December 2015, and include the following model numbers: 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.

According to a Consumer Product Safety Commission press release, Cuisinart has received 69 reports of consumers finding pieces of "riveted blades" in their processed food, including 30 reported injuries or lacerations. If you have one of the recalled models, you are instructed to stop using the unit immediately and contact Cuisinart for a free replacement blade.

You can call the company toll-free at 877-339-2534 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. EST Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST Saturday and Sunday. You can also visit the website at www.cuisinart.com and click on "product recalls" at the bottom of the page. Please note that they are currently experiencing high call volume and website traffic, so it may take some time to get through.  Update 12/14/16 - there is a new website to register for a new blade - https://recall.cuisinart.com/