openFDA Food Recall & Enforcement Scraper (USA)

Extract FDA food recall and enforcement actions from the official openFDA API, covering thousands of US food safety recalls

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

32 fields per record

9 filters to target results

United States coverage

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

The most complete openFDA food recall scraper available. It returns every field the FDA food enforcement database exposes for each recall, plus derived fields for faster analysis, and gives you nine filters to target exactly the recalls you need.

What you get

Each record includes all of these fields:

Group	Fields
Recall identity	recallNumber, eventId, status, active, classification, classificationLevel, productType
Product	productDescription, productQuantity, codeInfo, moreCodeInfo
Reason and scope	reasonForRecall, distributionPattern
Recalling firm	recallingFirm, addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, postalCode, country
Process	voluntaryMandated, initialFirmNotification
Dates	recallInitiationDate, centerClassificationDate, reportDate, terminationDate, recallAgeDays
Recalling firm	recallingFirm, addressLine1, addressLine2, city, state, postalCode, country, firmAddress
Geographic reach	distributionPattern, distributionStates, distributionNationwide
Extra	openfda, observedAt

Derived helpers such as classificationLevel (1 for Class I, 2 for Class II, 3 for Class III), active (true while a recall is Ongoing or Pending), distributionStates (the affected US states parsed from the distribution text), distributionNationwide, a ready-to-map single-line firmAddress, and recallAgeDays let you sort, map and flag serious open recalls without extra parsing. All dates are normalized to YYYY-MM-DD, and empty or N/A values are returned as null so nothing is invented.

Filters

Combine any of these to target the exact recalls you need:

Filter	What it does
Search Query	Keyword matched to the recall reason, or a raw openFDA field expression
Classification	Class I, II or III hazard level
Status	Ongoing, Completed, Terminated or Pending
Recalling Firm	Firm or manufacturer name, for example Dole or Tyson
Product Keyword	Word or phrase in the product description, for example cheese or spinach
State / City / Country	Location of the recalling firm
Voluntary or Mandated	Firm-initiated versus FDA-ordered recalls
Date range	Filter on report, initiation, classification or termination date, with a selectable date field
Recall Number / Event ID	Look up one recall, or pull every recall grouped under one FDA event

Results can be sorted newest or oldest first on the date field you choose.

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Food safety and recall monitoring	Food safety and QA teams
Tracking recalls by firm, state or contaminant	Compliance and supplier risk teams
Building food recall datasets for research	Public health and data science teams
Allergen and pathogen recall alerting	Retail and grocery operations teams
Feeding recall data into internal dashboards	Data engineers

Frequently Asked Questions

What data does this scraper cover?
It covers the openFDA food enforcement database for the United States, which holds food recall and enforcement actions including the product, reason, classification, recalling firm, distribution and status.

How many records can I pull in one run?
openFDA paginates with a skip offset up to 25000 records per query. For larger pulls, narrow the filters or the date range so each run stays under that ceiling.

How do I find serious recalls only?
Set Classification to Class I, which marks recalls with a reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death. You can combine it with a keyword such as listeria or salmonella and a state filter.

How does the search work?
A simple keyword is matched to the recall reason, for example listeria, salmonella or undeclared allergen. You can also paste a raw openFDA expression with a field, such as product_description:cheese or recalling_firm:Tyson.

What happens to missing fields?
Fields that openFDA does not provide for a record, such as a termination date on an ongoing recall, are returned as null. The scraper never invents values.

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

• openFDA Dietary Supplement Recalls: Scrape FDA dietary supplement recalls. Extract recalling firm, product description, hazard classification, recall status, state, and report dates.
• openFDA E. coli Food Recalls: Scrape FDA food recalls caused by E. coli contamination. Get recalling firm, product description, classification, status, state, and report dates.
• openFDA Foreign Material Food Recalls: Scrape FDA food recalls caused by foreign material contamination such as metal or plastic. Get firm, product, classification, status, and dates.
• openFDA Ice Cream Recalls: Scrape FDA ice cream and frozen dessert recalls. Extract recalling firm, product description, hazard classification, status, state, and report dates.
• openFDA Infant Formula Recalls: Scrape FDA infant formula recalls. Get recalling firm, product description, hazard classification, recall status, state, and FDA report dates.
• openFDA Undeclared Milk Allergen Recalls: Scrape FDA food recalls for undeclared milk allergens. Extract recalling firm, product, hazard classification, status, state, and FDA report dates.
• openFDA Undeclared Peanut Allergen Recalls: Scrape FDA food recalls for undeclared peanut allergens. Get recalling firm, product description, classification, status, state, and report dates.
• Find Class I Allergen Food Recalls: Find Class I Allergen Food Recalls
• Track Listeria Food Recalls: Track Listeria Food Recalls
• Monitor Salmonella Food Recalls: Monitor Salmonella Food Recalls

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with the FDA or openFDA. It only accesses data that is publicly available through the open FDA API. Use it in accordance with the openFDA terms of service.