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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

Town Food Service Aluminum Sauce Pans

Aluminum sauce pans contain leachable lead levels.

What happened

Town Food Service Equip Co Inc of Brooklyn, New York, recalled its Town Food Service EQ CO Inc. brand Aluminum Sauce Pans in 1QT, 1.5QT, 2 QT, and 3QT sizes after the product was found to contain leachable lead levels. The recall began on October 17, 2025, and the FDA added it to its Enforcement Report on January 5, 2026.

The sauce pans were distributed to 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, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and Quebec City, Canada.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for food recalls:

  1. Return it to the store where you bought it, or throw it away.
  2. Don't give it to anyone else, such as a food bank, or to a pet.

Is yours affected?

Affected if its UPC is listed.

A UPC is the number printed under a barcode.

  1. Aluminum Sauce Pans

    UPC
    • 843784003559
    • 843784003566
    • 843784003573
    • 843784003580

Recall details

Company began the recall
Company
Town Food Service Equip Co IncBrooklyn, New York
Risk

Moderate risk

Eating it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
98033
Recall number
H-0351-2026
Quantity recalled
Approximately 11,300 units

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA

  3. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  4. Listed on Recall Canary

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 23, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)