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Laceration Hazard Prompts Recall by Starbucks of Coffee Grinders
About 530,000 Starbucks Barista Blade Grinders and Seattle's Best Coffee Blade Grindersare being recalled because the grinder can fail to turn off or can turn on unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
So far, Starbucks has received 176 reports of grinders that failed to turn off or that turned on unexpectedly, including 3 reports of hand lacerations that occurred when the grinders turned on unexpectedly during cleaning.
The grinders were sold at Starbucks and Seattle's Best Coffee stores nationwide from March 2002 through March 2009 for about $30.
The grinders were made by Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co. Ltd. ("TKL"), of China.
Published on Jun-16-09
So far, Starbucks has received 176 reports of grinders that failed to turn off or that turned on unexpectedly, including 3 reports of hand lacerations that occurred when the grinders turned on unexpectedly during cleaning.
The grinders were sold at Starbucks and Seattle's Best Coffee stores nationwide from March 2002 through March 2009 for about $30.
The grinders were made by Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co. Ltd. ("TKL"), of China.
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