Recall Brand Watch: New CPSC, FDA, USDA & NHTSA Recall Alerts

Watch your brands, products, UPCs and keywords across CPSC, FDA (food, drug, device), USDA FSIS and NHTSA recalls. Remembers what it already reported, so each scheduled run outputs only NEW recalls. Perfect for daily alerts via Slack, email, Zapier or webhooks.

What it does

• Checks CPSC (consumer products), FDA food, drug and device enforcement reports, USDA FSIS (meat, poultry, egg; best effort (source often blocks automated access)) and NHTSA (vehicles) in one run.
• Matches your brands, product phrases, UPCs and keywords (whole-word, not fuzzy noise).
• Keeps a memory in a named key-value store, so a daily schedule only alerts on new recalls. Hook the run's "succeeded" webhook or the Zapier/Make integration to Slack or email.

How to use

Example use cases

1. Retailers & marketplaces: get alerted when a brand you sell is recalled by CPSC, FDA or USDA.
2. Food & CPG brands: watch competitors and ingredients (e.g. listeria, peanut) for new recalls.
3. Newsletters & safety sites: schedule daily runs and publish only the new recalls.

Steps: 1) Click Try for free — the form is pre-filled with the example below. 2) Press Start. 3) Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect them to Sheets, Zapier, Make or Slack. Schedule it to run daily/weekly.

Example input (the prefilled form):

{"brands": ["Walmart", "Trader Joe's"], "products": ["peanut butter"], "keywords": ["listeria"], "lookbackDays": 90}

Sample output (first row of a real run on 2026-10-15, long fields trimmed):

{
 "source": "CPSC",
 "date": "2026-10-01",
 "product": "Metal Wire Bristle Grill Brushes",
 "hazard": "Small metal wire bristles can detach from the brushes and stick to the grill or food, posing an ingestion h...",
 "link": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027/Walmart-Recalls-Over-4-4-Million-Expert-Grill-Brushes-Due-to-Ingestion-Ha...",
 "company": "Walmart, Inc. of Bentonville, Arkansas",
 "recallId": "27010",
 "classification": null,
 "remedy": "Consumers should stop using the recalled grill brushes immediately and contact Walmart for a full refund or...",
 "matchedTerms": [
  "brand: Walmart"
 ],
 "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-15T21:52:36Z"
}

Pricing: pay per event — $0.002 per watch run; $0.01 per new recall match. No monthly rental; you only pay for results. Set a max charge per run to cap spend.

Who uses it

Amazon/Shopify sellers and retailers checking their catalog, grocery and restaurant buyers, product-safety and compliance teams, insurance and legal researchers, and AI agents that need fresh recall alerts.

Quick start

1. Enter brands, products, UPCs or keywords.
2. Pick a watchlist name (one per client or catalog).
3. Add a schedule (daily) and an integration. Done.

Input example

{"watchlistName": "demo-watchlist", "brands": ["Target", "Walmart", "Trader Joe's", "Kroger"], "products": ["peanut butter", "space heater"], "upcs": [], "keywords": ["listeria", "salmonella"], "vehicles": [{"make": "Toyota", "model": "Camry", "year": 2024}], "lookbackDays": 30}

Output example

[
  {
    "source": "FDA-food",
    "date": "2026-10-07",
    "product": "Todd's Seeds Salad Sprouting Mixture - Broccoli, Mustard, Alfalfa and Cabbage, packaged in heat-sealed resealable bags in the following sizes: 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., and 1 lb.",
    "hazard": "Products contain alfalfa seed recalled by the supplier and may be contaminated with E. coli and/or Salmonella (downstream recall)",
    "link": "https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22H-1407-2026%22",
    "company": "TODD'S SEEDS LLC",
    "recallId": "H-1407-2026",
    "classification": "Class I",
    "remedy": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
    "matchedTerms": [
      "keyword: salmonella"
    ],
    "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-15T01:34:48Z"
  },
  {
    "source": "FDA-food",
    "date": "2026-10-07",
    "product": "Todd's Seeds Broccoli & Friends Sprouting Seed Mix - Broccoli, Alfalfa, Radish, Clover, packaged in 1 oz. sample packets and heat-sealed resealable bags in the following sizes: 1/4 lb., 1/2 lb., 1 lb., 2.5 lb., and 5 lb.",
    "hazard": "Products contain alfalfa seed recalled by the supplier and may be contaminated with E. coli and/or Salmonella (downstream recall)",
    "link": "https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22H-1405-2026%22",
    "company": "TODD'S SEEDS LLC",
    "recallId": "H-1405-2026",
    "classification": "Class I",
    "remedy": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
    "matchedTerms": [
      "keyword: salmonella"
    ],
    "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-15T01:34:48Z"
  }
]

Pricing (pay per event)

Event	Price
Watch run (watch-run)	$0.002 per run
New recall match (new-recall-match)	$0.01 per new match

A daily watch with 2 new matches a week costs about $0.08 a month. Repeats are never charged.

FAQ

Does it charge again for the same recall? No. Reported recalls are remembered per watchlist. Can I use it from an AI agent / MCP client? Yes, through Apify's MCP server (mcp.apify.com), or use the bundled Public Data MCP server by the same author.

Notes

Public government data only (saferproducts.gov, openFDA, FSIS, NHTSA). USDA FSIS coverage is best effort (source often blocks automated access). Not legal advice; always confirm details on the agency notice.

Keywords: product recall API, recall alerts, CPSC recall API, FDA recall monitor, USDA FSIS recalls, NHTSA recall API, UPC recall check, AI agent tool, MCP.