CPSC, QVC Inc. Announce Recall of Food Choppers
Home product recall 03-545. Announced by CPSC on Jun 24, 2003.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jun 24, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 7,300 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Consumers can cut their fingers and hands while using the product.
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What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the Little Red Chef Food Chopper immediately. QVC, Inc. is sending all owners, free of charge, a blade guard that will make the food chopper safer to use.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, contact QVC, Inc.’s Customer Service Department at (800) 455-2259 between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.qvc.com
Which ones are recalled?
The food chopper is a red plastic hand-held food slicer and dicer, that contains six roller blades at the front and a single slicing blade on the top. It measures approximately 6.5 inches in length, 2.5 inches in width and 2.0 inches in height at its highest point. The food chopper is stamped on the inside of the handle, “Made in W. Germany” and “Famos Gerate”, with a four-pointed star. A flexible white plastic cutting mat that has “Little Red Chef” printed in the upper left-hand corner accompanies the food chopper.
About 7,300 units, as CPSC gives them.
Little Red Chef Food Choppers.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by QVC, Inc., West Chester, Pa.
- QVC, Inc. sold the food chopper nationwide, from February 2002 through July 2002, for about $15.
- Made in Germany, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
QVC, Inc. is aware of one incident, in which a consumer reported that she had received a laceration from the top blade, while using the product.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.