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The following health alert is from FDA on April 28 2008.

Lifetime Brands, Inc., Garden City, NY, today announced that, as a result of its internal compliance and independent product testing programs, it recently became aware that certain Pfaltzgraff® Villa della Luna® pattern and Nautica J Class® pattern stoneware dinnerware products may exceed the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) guidance levels for lead and/or cadmium. These dinnerware products may have been sold as part of a set or individually online and through retail stores nationwide. See www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/lifetime04_08.html for pictures of the recalled plates.