Starbucks Recalling 530,000 Coffee Grinders

Starbucks Corp. said it? recalling 530,000 Chinese-made coffee grinders it sold for the past seven years, with some products not turning off or turning on unexpectedly and causing lacerations to some owners who were cleaning the grinders.

According to Seattle-based Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the products being recalled include the Starbucks Barista Blade Grinder and Seattle? Best Coffee Blade Grinder, both sold from March 2002 to March 2009 and made by Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co. Ltd. of China.

?onsumers should immediately stop using the coffee grinders,? Starbucks said in a statement, adding that owners should contact the chain to get a free replacement grinder.

Starbucks said it? received 176 reports of grinders that failed to turn off or that turned on unexpectedly and three reports of injuries. The company started a recall hotline at 866-276-2950.