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OtherDecember 19, 2006CPSC #07065

Lifetime Brands Inc. Recalls Farberware® Fruit Slicer and Corer Due to Laceration Hazard

Product
Kitchen Gadgets
Units affected
207,000
Remedy
refund

What was recalled

The recalled product is the Farberware® Classic Series™ Fruit Slicer and Corer with model number 78350. The model number is written on the packaging. The fruit slicer/corer is an eight-section round metal blade encircled in hard black plastic with two handles. "FARBERWARE" is printed on the top of the handle.

Hazard

The metal blade can separate from the plastic handle during use, resulting in cuts to consumers' hands and fingers.

Injuries

Lifetime Brands has received 34 reports of the blade separating from the handle, including nine reports of cuts to consumers' hands and fingers.

Made in

China

Where it was sold

  • Grocery, hardware, discount and other retail stores nationwide from January 1999 through October 2006 for about $4.

Photos

Recalled Fruit Slicer and Corer
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