FDA warns consumers about 19 cookware products that could leach lead into your food. Here’s the list.

(CBS NEWS) – Sources from CBS News say the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about 19 types of cookware that may contain lead, increasing the risk that the toxic metal could wind up in people’s food.

Consumers should check whether they have the items in their homes, and throw them away if they do, the FDA said in an alert posted on its website.

“Do not donate or refurbish this cookware,” the agency noted.

The suspect cookware, all manufactured outside the U.S. and mostly in India, is made from aluminum, aluminum alloys and brass that have been tested by the FDA and state agencies, with the results showing that they can leach lead into food.

The FDA’s warning expands on its August alert about the cookware, with the agency adding nine products to its list of items to disc