Fruit and Vegetable Choppers Sold at Sam’s Club Recalled

NATIONAL – Lifetime Brands has recalled fruit and vegetable choppers because of a laceration hazard. Pedrini Pro Chop Professional Multipurpose Choppers were sold at Sam’s Club locations nationwide from October 2009 through December 2009 for about $25.

According to the recall notice, pieces of the chopper’s metal blades can break off during use and fall into food being prepared in the chopper, posing a laceration hazard to consumers. Lifetime Brands has received three reports of blades breaking off during use, including one report of minor cuts to a consumer’s mouth when a small piece of blade became lodged in food that had been sliced by the chopper.