Is your food recalled? Check in seconds.

Search the brand, product name, or ingredient in the tool above. It queries the FDA's openFDA enforcement database in real time and returns matching food, drug, or device recalls with their severity class, the reason, the states where the product was distributed, and the report date. For the official notice, follow the FDA.gov link and search the recalling company's name. The FDA posts recalls for three years before archiving them.

Class I is the most serious: there is a reasonable probability that using the product will cause serious health problems or death, such as undeclared peanuts or Listeria in ready-to-eat food. Class II means the product may cause temporary or medically reversible harm. Class III means the product is unlikely to cause harm but breaks an FDA labeling or manufacturing rule. Most allergen mislabeling falls into Class I or II.

Every result comes straight from openFDA, the FDA's official open data API. It covers FDA-regulated food, drugs, and medical devices. The tool does not store or change the data; it queries the API each time you search and shows the raw fields the FDA publishes. Meat and poultry recalls are handled separately by the USDA's FSIS, so for steak, chicken, or deli products, also check fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Recall counts have stayed high through 2026, with more than 400 FDA food recalls reported by mid-May. The biggest driver is undeclared allergens, which the FDA flagged in roughly half of food recalls last year, with milk and soy at the top of the list. Better testing and faster supplier traceback also surface more recalls earlier. A high recall count is partly a sign the detection system is working, not only that food is less safe.

Stop using it. For a Class I recall, do not taste or open it. Check the recall notice for the lot number, UPC, and best-by date, since a recall usually covers specific batches, not every unit of a product. Most notices tell you to throw the item away or return it to the store for a refund. If you or someone in your home already ate a Class I recalled food and feels sick, contact a doctor and report it to the FDA at safetyreporting.hhs.gov.

The FDA covers about 80 percent of the food supply: packaged foods, produce, seafood, dairy, eggs in the shell, and dietary supplements. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service covers meat, poultry, and processed egg products. This tool reads FDA data through openFDA. If you are looking for a beef, chicken, pork, or deli meat recall and do not find it here, check the USDA FSIS recall page directly.

It means the product contains one of the major allergens, such as milk, egg, peanut, tree nut, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish, or sesame, but the label does not list it. This usually happens from a supplier change, a mislabeled package, or cross-contact on a shared production line. For someone with a severe allergy, an undeclared allergen can trigger anaphylaxis, which is why these are often Class I recalls even when the product is otherwise safe to eat.

The openFDA enforcement dataset is refreshed regularly, but there is a lag between when a company starts a recall and when the FDA publishes the formal enforcement report. The recall initiation date can be days or weeks before the report date you see here. For breaking recalls in the last 24 to 48 hours, the FDA's main Recalls, Market Withdrawals & Safety Alerts page is often a step ahead of the structured data.

The tool shows the state tied to each recall record, which usually reflects where the recalling company is based or where distribution started. It is not a guarantee the product reached only that state; the distribution pattern field describes the actual reach, and many recalls are nationwide. Use the date and severity filters to narrow results, then read the distribution detail on each card to see where a product actually went.

No. A recall is a firm removing a product that violates FDA law. A market withdrawal is a firm pulling a product for a minor issue that would not trigger FDA action, like a packaging defect with no safety risk. A safety alert warns about a product the FDA cannot formally recall, often a supplement or imported food. This tool focuses on enforcement-report recalls, the category with a defined health hazard class.

Status reflects where the recall is in the FDA process. 'Ongoing' means the company is still recovering or correcting the product. 'Completed' means the FDA has verified the recall actions are finished. 'Terminated' means the FDA has officially closed it. An ongoing status does not mean the product is still on shelves; it means the paperwork and recovery are not formally closed yet.

Mostly the recalls here are packaged or distributed products with a lot number and UPC. Restaurant and foodservice ingredients can appear when a recalled bulk product, like a dairy powder or a sauce base, was shipped to commercial kitchens. Outbreaks tied to a single restaurant are usually handled as public health investigations by the CDC and local health departments rather than as FDA enforcement recalls.

This tool does not send alerts, but the FDA offers free email and RSS subscriptions on its Recalls page, and you can follow @FDArecalls on social media. For allergy-specific alerts, several patient advocacy groups send notifications filtered by allergen. Bookmark this page and re-run your search weekly if you are tracking a specific brand or ingredient you buy often.

Yes. openFDA's food enforcement dataset includes pet food and animal feed recalls, and dietary supplements appear in the food category as well. Search the brand or ingredient the same way. Note that supplement recalls are often tied to undeclared drug ingredients or contamination rather than allergens, so read the reason field carefully.

No. Food Recall Tracker is an independent tool built by Choppy Toast that reads public FDA data through the openFDA API. We are not affiliated with the FDA, USDA, or any government body. We show the data to make it easier to search, but the FDA.gov listing is always the authoritative source. Confirm any recall there before acting on it.