“Some imported cookware products made from aluminum, brass and aluminum alloys known as Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium demonstrated the potential to leach lead,” the FDA stated in a release. “There is no known safe level of exposure to lead.” Some products included in the warning are sauce pans, pressure cookers and frying pans.

The recalled cartons were sent to stores in Alabama and Arkansas, according to the FDA’s announcement, but Walmart said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday that a total of 242 stores in nine states were impacted. Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas were the other states.

Over 2,000 cases (12,000 individual cartons) of Great Value Chicken Broth sold at Walmart are being recalled. “The health and safety of our customers is always a top priority,” the retailer said in a statement.

Walmart says customers should throw out a chicken broth product that was sold at stores in mostly Southern states late last year. The retailer has recalled 48-ounce cartons of Great Value Family Size Chicken Broth that had been sold at 242 stores in nine states.

An FDA Enforcement Report said TreeHouse Foods, which made the broth for Walmart, issued a recall on Dec. 11 and phoned consignees in Alabama and Arkansas. Asked by the Miami Herald Tuesday why there was no news release and who the consignees were, TreeHouse media relations didn’t answer and emailed:

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Lidl has issued an urgent recall of infected cheddar cheese over fears it can cause flu-like symptoms and severe infections to babies, the elderly and pregnant women. Some Deluxe Sriracha Cheddar Cheese Wedges, sold in branches of the budget supermarket in Northern Ireland, were found to contain a dangerous bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes.

The products have since been removed from the shelves of the Walmart stores, but the recalled product could still be in consumers homes. The 48 oz. chicken broth has a best by dat

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