General Electric Company (GE) recently announced the recall of 255,000 General Electric® Food Processors purchased from Walmart September 2009 through February 2011.
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.
Walmart has received a total of 58 incident reports: 24 reports of the food processor operating without the lid in place, of which 21 resulted in injuries to fingertips; and 34 reports of the unit smoking, including 3 reports of fires.
Visit the Walmart Recall website to see if your appliance is on their food processor recall list.