The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public not to sell or use certain cookware utensils after discovering they could be leaching significant levels of lead into food.

Because the FDA strictly prohibits the use of lead as a color or food additive (including in food ware, cookware or any food contact surface), the agency actively monitors lead levels in food products and tests for leachable lead to ensure consumer safety.

Since September, the FDA has been listing certain imported kitchen utensils that reportedly had high levels of leachable lead, and has been working to remove the cookware from the market, the administration said in a statement.

The list was last updated on Dec. 3.

Some of the imported cookware products on this list are made of materials such as alu

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