If you own this cookware, the FDA says throw it away

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The FDA cautioned against certain imported cookware due to potential lead leaching.

New cookware brands were added to the list of products to be discarded.

Some imported cookware made of aluminum, brass and certain alloys specifically pose the risk.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that pretty imported cookware you bought might be leaching lead into your food. And it has added new brands to the list it says should be thrown away.

The notice specifically says not to donate or sell the identified cookware.

This weekend, three new cookware products were added to one already listed in August and FDA in a notice said its “collection and sampling of cookware products remains ongoing.”

The issue is imported cookware that could leach significant levels of lead into fo