Product type
Recalls involving food processors and choppers.
8 official CPSC notices published 1986–2016, covering at least 10 million units.
Type the model number from your food processor's label. Every model number named in a food processor recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
38 model numbers
Cuisinart® food processors · 17-050 · 2016
Cuisinart 7-cup food processors · 14-029 · 2013
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The food processor's riveted blade can crack over time and small metal pieces of the blade can break off into the processed food. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers.
Use of the slicing/shredding disc with the motor shaft adapter can cause the stainless steel pin in the food bowl lid to loosen and fall into processed food.
The reversible slicing/shredding disc can loosen when in use and the blade can strike and break the food processor's cover. The cover's broken plastic pieces can hit consumers, posing a laceration hazard.
The safety interlock system on the recalled food processor can fail; allowing operation without the lid secured which poses a laceration hazard. In addition, the product can emit smoke, or catch fire, posing a fire hazard.
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The interlocking lid assembly on the appliance can malfunction, allowing the food processor to be operated when the lid is off. This can result in a laceration or fingertip amputation hazard, if consumers insert their hands into the food processor.
A cap on the blade unit can dislodge during use. When dislodged, the cap can get mixed in with food, presenting a choking hazard.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 6 of 8 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 8 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Walmart (2), Amazon (1), Best Buy (1), JCPenney (1), and Macy's (1) are the stores named most often in the 6 notices that say where food processors were sold. 4 of the 6 notices mention online sales.
The 6 notices that give a price range from $40 to $350. Half of them name a price of $95 or less.
By the 6 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 2.5 years or less; the longest for 19.5 years. Half the recalls came within 2.5 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in all 3 notices that name a remedy.
Laceration is named in 6 of the 8 notices (75%), against 7% of all CPSC notices on file. Then choking (1), fall (1), and fire (1).
All 6 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries.
3 of the 8 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1, date codes or manufacture dates in 2. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on the bottom of the food processor” and “on the underside of the unit”.
China (5) and France (1), in the 6 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 8 recall notices for food processors since 1986, covering at least 10 million units. The most recent is “Cuisinart Food Processors Recalled by Conair Due to Laceration Hazard” (CPSC 17-050), announced December 13, 2016.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for food processors in 2026. The most recent was announced December 13, 2016 (CPSC 17-050).
“Cuisinart Food Processors Recalled by Conair Due to Laceration Hazard” (CPSC 17-050), announced December 13, 2016: about 8 million units.
Brands named most often: Cuisinart (2), JC Penney (2), Moulinex (2), Regal Appliances (2), Conair, General Electric, Hamilton Beach and Hamilton Beach Brands. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 3 of the 8 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1 and date codes or manufacture dates in 2.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across food processor recalls, the remedies offered most often are replacement (3).
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