Editorial & sources policy

FindMyRecall is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recall information is sourced from official FDA/openFDA public data.

Where recall data comes from

• Recall database: U.S. Food and Drug Administration food and drug enforcement reports, via the FDA's public openFDA service. This powers search, recall pages, and recall lists.
• Email alerts: the FDA's public Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts notices. The FDA advises that enforcement data should not be used to issue alerts to the public, so we don't. Not every recall receives a public notice.
• Every recall page links to its FDA source record and to the FDA's enforcement reports, and shows its FDA recall number.

How often data is synchronized

The FDA publishes enforcement reports weekly, often one to several weeks after a company starts a recall, so a recall can be in the news before it appears here. FindMyRecall checks the FDA data every day for new and changed reports, and runs a full check of every record once a week. The search box queries FDA data directly, with results cached for up to 10 minutes.

FDA records can be updated after they are first published, for example when a recall's status changes from “Ongoing” to “Terminated” or a classification is revised. Our pages update to match. Each recall page shows when it was last checked against FDA data and when its content last changed.

What we show, and what we add

• From the FDA, unchanged: product description, recalling company, reason for recall, classification, lot and UPC codes, distribution, quantity, status, and dates. The full original record is shown on each recall page under “Original FDA data”.
• Added by FindMyRecall: short page titles and summaries, plain-language explanations of the recall classes, and general consumer guidance such as “return it to the store”.

FindMyRecall simplifies official recall information for consumers. The official FDA or manufacturer notice is authoritative: always follow the official recall instructions. Information about medications is informational and is not individualized medical advice; talk to your pharmacist or doctor before stopping or changing any medicine.

Accuracy and limits

We present FDA data as published and do not independently verify it. Some products are reported by other agencies and aren't covered here, including meat and poultry (USDA), most pet food, vehicles (NHTSA), and consumer products (CPSC). A small number of FDA records with unusable recall numbers don't get their own page.

Independence from advertisers

FindMyRecall may show ads and clearly labelled sponsored links, including a legal-resources offer on some of the most serious (Class I) recalls. Advertisers and partners have no influence over which recalls we show or how we describe them.

Reporting incorrect information

To report incorrect information, email contact@findmyrecall.com with the page address and what looks wrong.

See also our disclaimer and about page.