Kenwood Recalls Blenders Due to Laceration Hazard

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Sep 09, 2015, 09:06 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Kenwood-Recalls-Blenders/

Recall Summary

Name of Product: Blenders

Hazard: The lower blade can break during use, posing a laceration hazard.

Remedy: Repair

Consumers should immediately stop using the blender and contact Kenwood to arrange for a free replacement blade assembly kit to be mailed to their homes.

Consumer Contact: Kenwood toll-free at 866-367-4561 anytime or online at www.kenwoodworld.com, click on United States and then "Recall Information" for more information.

Recall Details

Units: About 150 in the U.S. (an additional 860 sold in Canada)

Description: The recalled blender is the Kenwood Blend-X PRO, BLM800. The glass jar has a glass handle and a black plastic lid and sits on a grey power unit with a motor and user control panel. On the front lower portion of the base is the Kenwood logo on a silver plate. On the bottom of the blender's base, the rating label of recalled units has Type BLM80 and a date code ranging from 14X01 to 15X22 ("X" being any letter) stamped on the label.

Incidents/Injuries: No reports of incidents or injuries.

Sold at: Bloomingdales, Classic Cook, Frontgate, Good 4u Products, Kitchen Appliances, Kitchen Couture, Kitchen Window, Kitchens With Jazz, Las Cosas Cooking, Le Petite, M & K, Main Street Kitchens, Rolling Pin-Neeve, Ralph's Thyme In The Kitchen, The Cooking Depot, The Cupboard, The Kitchen Clique and online at Bloomingdales.com and frontgate.com from August 2014 through July 2015 for approximately $400.

Importer: De'Longhi America, Inc., of Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Manufactured in: China

Note: Health Canada's press release is available at: http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2015/54914r-eng.php

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