Research a Recall for Work or a Report
Journalists, food businesses, and students need recall facts they can cite. Here is how to pull accurate, sourced recall data fast.
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Filter by class and date range
Use the severity and time-range filters to scope your search. Filtering to Class I over the last 12 months gives you the recalls with real health impact, which are the ones worth writing about or tracking for a business.
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Capture the FDA record fields
Each card shows the recalling firm, product, reason, class, distribution, and report date straight from the FDA. Note the recall number; it is the unique identifier you can cite and use to look up the official notice on FDA.gov.
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Verify and cite the primary source
For anything you publish, follow the link to the FDA.gov enforcement report and cite that, not the tracker. The structured data here is for fast searching; the FDA listing is the authoritative source that holds up under scrutiny.