Aluminum sauce pans recalled after testing found leachable lead levels
Town Food Service Equipment is recalling approximately 11,300 aluminum sauce pans in 1QT to 3QT sizes after the product was found to contain leachable lead levels.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: leachable lead in cookware can transfer into food, and no injuries or illnesses are reported.
Plain-English summary
Town Food Service EQ CO Inc. brand Aluminum Sauce Pans in 1QT, 1.5QT, 2QT and 3QT sizes, under UPC codes 843784003559, 843784003566, 843784003573 and 843784003580, are being recalled.
The reason given in the enforcement record is that the product was found to contain leachable lead levels.
The record lists approximately 11,300 units, with no other coding. Distribution covered Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and South Dakota among other states. The FDA has classified the action as Class II.
Leachable lead can pass from cookware into food during cooking. Anyone holding these pans should stop using them for food preparation and follow the firm's instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Town Food Service EQ CO Inc. brand Aluminum Sauce Pans in 1QT, 1.5QT, 2 QT, and 3QT sizes; UPC Codes: 843784003559, 843784003566, 843784003573, 843784003580
- Manufacturer
- Town Food Service Equip Co Inc
- Category
- Consumer Product — Cookware
- Affected units
- 11,300
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- No other coding.
Distribution
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