US CPSC Product Recalls Scraper

Scrape the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) SaferProducts.gov recall database — the official, free, public REST API. No login, no API key, no cookies, no proxy required. Search by recall title, product name, product category, date range, hazard keyword, manufacturer, retailer, importer, distributor, remedy type, or country of manufacture — or fetch specific recalls directly by their official recall number.

What this actor does

• Two modes: search (filtered recall search) and byRecallNumber (direct lookup by one or more official recall numbers)
• Rich filtering: title, product name, product category (free-text substring match against CPSC's full ~645-value category taxonomy), description keyword, recall date range, last-updated date range, hazard keyword, injury keyword, manufacturer, retailer, importer, distributor, manufacturer country, remedy type, and "injuries reported only"
• Full recall detail: affected products, hazard descriptions, injury reports, remedies offered, companies involved (manufacturer/retailer/importer/distributor), country of manufacture, product photos, and cross-agency related-recall links (e.g. Health Canada)
• Empty fields are omitted — no nulls, no placeholder text in the dataset output

Output per recall

Field	Type	Description
recallId	integer	Internal CPSC record ID
recallNumber	string	Official CPSC recall number (e.g. 26639)
recallDate	string	Date the recall was announced (YYYY-MM-DD)
lastPublishDate	string	Date the recall record was last updated (YYYY-MM-DD)
title	string	Full recall title
description	string	Full recall description
url	string	Official CPSC recall page URL
consumerContact	string	How affected consumers can reach the company
products	array of objects	Recalled products {name, type, numberOfUnits}
productNames	array of strings	Flat list of recalled product names
productTypes	array of strings	Flat list of CPSC product category names
productUpcs	array of strings	UPC codes, when published
hazards	array of strings	Hazard description sentences
injuries	array of strings	Reported injury/incident descriptions (only when real injury data was reported — "None reported" style entries are omitted)
remedies	array of strings	Remedy description sentences
remedyOptions	array of strings	Remedy categories offered (Refund, Repair, Replace, etc.)
manufacturers	array of strings	Manufacturer names
retailers	array of strings	Retailer names
importers	array of strings	Importer names (published for a subset of recalls)
distributors	array of strings	Distributor names (published for a subset of recalls)
manufacturerCountries	array of strings	Countries of manufacture
images	array of objects	Recall photos {url, caption}
relatedRecallUrls	array of strings	Links to related recalls from other agencies (e.g. Health Canada) when CPSC publishes them
recordType	string	Always "recall"
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when the record was scraped

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search / byRecallNumber
recallTitle	string	(empty — form shows stroller as an example)	Filter recalls whose title contains this text. Leave blank to search across all titles.
productName	string	–	Filter recalls whose product name contains this text
productType	string	–	Filter by CPSC product category, case-insensitive substring match against the full ~645-value taxonomy (e.g. Toy, Bicycles, Batteries and Chargers)
recallDateFrom / recallDateTo	string	–	Recall-announced date range (YYYY-MM-DD)
lastPublishDateFrom / lastPublishDateTo	string	–	Last-updated date range (YYYY-MM-DD)
hazardKeyword	string	–	Filter by hazard keyword (e.g. choking, fire, laceration)
descriptionKeyword	string	–	Filter by keyword in the full recall description (e.g. lithium, lead paint)
injuryKeyword	string	–	Filter by keyword in the reported-injury text (e.g. hospitalized, burn)
manufacturer	string	–	Filter by manufacturer name
retailer	string	–	Filter by retailer name
importer	string	–	Filter by importer name
distributor	string	–	Filter by distributor name
manufacturerCountry	string	–	Filter by country of manufacture (e.g. China, United States)
remedyOption	string (select)	–	Refund / Repair / Replace / New Instructions / Dispose / Label / Inspect / No Remedy Available
injuriesReportedOnly	boolean	false	Only return recalls with a real reported injury
recallNumbers	array	["26639"]	Recall numbers to fetch directly (mode=byRecallNumber)
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum records to return (1–500)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify AUTO (free datacenter)	Rotates outbound IP per retry to recover from CPSC's occasional multi-minute IP blocks. Free, no residential proxy involved. Can be disabled with {"useApifyProxy": false}.

Example: search for battery recalls with injuries reported

{
  "mode": "search",
  "recallTitle": "battery",
  "injuriesReportedOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example: look up specific recall numbers

{
  "mode": "byRecallNumber",
  "recallNumbers": ["26639", "26692"]
}

Example: browse recalls in a product category with a date range

{
  "mode": "search",
  "productType": "Bicycles & Accessories",
  "recallDateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "recallDateTo": "2026-08-18",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: recalls of products manufactured in a specific country with a chosen remedy

{
  "mode": "search",
  "manufacturerCountry": "China",
  "remedyOption": "Refund",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Use cases

• Product safety & compliance teams — monitor new recalls in the categories your company sells or imports
• E-commerce marketplaces — cross-check catalog listings against active recalls to flag or delist affected products
• Insurance & risk analysis — track recall volume, hazard types, and injury rates by manufacturer or category over time
• Consumer advocacy & journalism — research recall trends, remedy patterns, or specific hazard types (choking, fire, lead) for reporting
• Parents & consumer researchers — check whether a specific product, brand, or manufacturer has an open recall before buying
• Retailers & distributors — audit recall history for a given supplier, manufacturer, or country of origin before onboarding

FAQ

What is SaferProducts.gov? It's the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's official public database of consumer product recalls and safety incident reports. This actor reads directly from CPSC's public recall data — no CPSC login or account is needed to access it.

Is this actor affiliated with the CPSC? No. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads CPSC's publicly published recall data. It is not operated or endorsed by the US government.

How far back does the data go, and how fresh is it? CPSC's recall database covers the full history of published recalls (thousands of records going back decades). Each request reads live from CPSC, so results reflect whatever is currently published — typically within a day of an official recall announcement.

Why are some fields like productUpcs or importers missing from certain recalls? CPSC only publishes those details when they're available for that specific recall. A handful of fields documented in CPSC's schema (a product description separate from the title, a model number, a "sold at" label, and a hazard-type code) are never published by CPSC for any recall, so they're never in the output.

Can I search by UPC or model number? No — CPSC does not offer a working search by UPC or model number in its public data, so this isn't exposed as a filter.

How does the product category filter work if there's no dropdown? CPSC publishes over 600 distinct product category names, too many for a fixed list. productType matches any part of the category name (case-insensitive), so short keywords like "Toy" or "Bicycles" work just as well as full category names.

What happens if I don't set any filters? The actor returns recalls across CPSC's entire published history, most recent first, up to your maxItems limit.

Does this actor need a proxy or login? No. It reads a public government API with no authentication. A free Apify datacenter proxy is used automatically in the background to stay reliable; you don't need to configure anything or pay for a residential proxy.