Lifetime Brands Recalls Farberware Fruit Slicer Due to Laceration Hazard
Lifetime Brands is recalling Farberware Fruit Slicers because the metal blade can separate from the handle, causing cuts to hands and fingers.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (laceration) with reported injuries (cuts to hands and fingers) but no reported fatalities or serious injuries requiring hospitalization, fitting the 'High' severity criteria.
Plain-English summary
Lifetime Brands Inc. is recalling approximately 207,000 Farberware® Classic Series™ Fruit Slicer and Corer units, model number 78350. The product consists of an eight-section round metal blade encircled in hard black plastic with two handles, with "FARBERWARE" printed on the top of the handle. The model number is written on the packaging.
The recall is due to a laceration hazard where the metal blade can separate from the plastic handle during use. Lifetime Brands has received 34 reports of the blade separating from the handle, including nine reports of cuts to consumers' hands and fingers.
The recalled fruit slicers were sold at grocery, hardware, discount, and other retail stores nationwide from January 1999 through October 2006 for about $4. Consumers should stop using the product immediately and return it to Lifetime Brands Inc. for a refund. For additional information, consumers can contact Lifetime Brands Inc. at toll-free (888) 568-1533 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or email [email protected].
The recalled product
- Product
- Farberware® Classic Series™ Fruit Slicer and Corer
- Manufacturer
- Lifetime Brands Inc., of Westbury, N.Y.
- Affected units
- 207,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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