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FDA Drug Recall Scraper — Compliance & Safety Data

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FDA Drug Recall Scraper — Compliance & Safety Data

FDA Drug Recall Scraper — Compliance & Safety Data

Scrape FDA drug recall records from openFDA enforcement database. Get recall classification (Class I/II/III), recalling firm, product description, reason for recall, distribution pattern, dates, brand/generic names. No API key needed.

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FDA Drug Recall Scraper

Extract US FDA drug recall records from the official openFDA enforcement database — no API key required.

Overview

The FDA Drug Recall Scraper pulls recall enforcement data directly from the US Food and Drug Administration's openFDA API. It returns structured, clean JSON with firm names, classification, reason for recall, product descriptions, distribution patterns, dates, and more.

Perfect for:

  • Pharmaceutical compliance teams monitoring competitor recalls
  • Healthcare legal & regulatory analysts
  • Medical sales intelligence and lead generation
  • Supply chain risk management
  • Public health researchers
  • AI agents doing drug safety research

What data you get

Each record includes:

  • eventId — FDA event identifier
  • recallingFirm — Company issuing the recall
  • classification — Class I (life-threatening), Class II (moderate risk), or Class III (low risk)
  • productDescription — Full product description
  • reasonForRecall — Why the product was recalled
  • distributionPattern — Where the product was distributed (e.g. "Nationwide")
  • recallInitiationDate — When recall started
  • status — Ongoing, Terminated, or Completed
  • brandName / genericName — Drug names (when available from openFDA)
  • city, state, country, postalCode — Firm location
  • voluntaryMandated — Whether firm-initiated or FDA-mandated
  • fdaSourceUrl — Link to FDA safety page
  • scrapedAt — ISO timestamp of scrape

Example input

{
"classification": "Class I",
"productType": "Drugs",
"status": "Ongoing",
"recallingFirmSearch": "",
"fromDate": "2023-01-01",
"toDate": "2024-12-31",
"maxResults": 50
}

Example output

{
"eventId": 87234,
"status": "Ongoing",
"classification": "Class I",
"productType": "Drugs",
"recallingFirm": "Acme Pharma Inc.",
"city": "Chicago",
"state": "IL",
"country": "United States",
"productDescription": "Metformin HCl Extended-Release Tablets, 500 mg",
"reasonForRecall": "Presence of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) impurity",
"recallInitiationDate": "20230315",
"distributionPattern": "Nationwide",
"voluntaryMandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
"brandName": "Glucophage",
"genericName": "metformin",
"scrapedAt": "2024-08-16T12:00:00+00:00"
}

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  • "pharmaceutical compliance data collection"
  • "medical product recall history csv"
  • "fda drug enforcement records B2B"
  • "drug recall alert automation AI agent"

Works with AI agents

This actor is compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP-enabled agent for drug safety research, regulatory compliance checks, and pharmaceutical lead generation.

Tags

fda, drug-recall, pharmaceutical, compliance, government-data, healthcare, regulatory, openFDA, enforcement, safety