FDA Issues Letter to Retailers and Distributors Concerning Lead in Certain Imported Cookware

Excerpt:  “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to retailers and distributors of cookware products to inform them that certain imported cookware products made from aluminum, brass, and aluminum alloys known as Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium, demonstrate the potential to leach lead into food and that this cookware should not be distributed or sold in the U.S. market. The FDA was made aware of this issue through collaboration with the Public Health Department of Seattle and King County (PHSKC) on their testing of imported cookware and associated high blood lead levels in resettled refugee populations. For a list of the cookware products that may leach lead, view the Public Health Department of Seattle and King County Table of Cookware That Contains Lead. As cooking with these products could cause lead to leach into food, there is a potential for the use of these products to contribute to elevated levels of lead in the blood.”