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openFDA Drug / Device / Food Recalls

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Fetch FDA enforcement / recall reports from the public openFDA API (drug, device, food). Filter by product type, status, classification, firm, keyword, and report-date window. Structured JSON with recall numbers, reasons, and firm details. No API key required.

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Yunus Vurgun

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Input

Field	Description
`productTypes`	One or more of `drug`, `device`, `food` (default: all three).
`status`	Optional: `Ongoing`, `Terminated`, `Completed`.
`classification`	Optional: `Class I`, `Class II`, `Class III`.
`recallingFirm`	Optional firm-name substring.
`keyword`	Optional free-text over product description / recall reason.
`reportStartDate` / `reportEndDate`	Report-date window (`YYYY-MM-DD`). Defaults to last 30 days (UTC).
`maxItems`	Cap on saved rows (1–5000, default 50).
`limitPerPage`	Page size 1–100 (default 100).
`requestDelayMs`	Pause between requests (default 250).

Output

Each dataset item includes: productType, status, classification, recallNumber, eventId, recallingFirm, city/state/country, reportDate, recallInitiationDate, productDescription, reasonForRecall, productQuantity, voluntaryMandated, distributionPattern, codeInfo, openFdaUrl.

Local run

cd openfda-recalls
python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run --purge -i '{"productTypes":["drug"],"status":"Ongoing","classification":"Class I","maxItems":5,"requestDelayMs":100}'

Rate limits

openFDA is public and free. Keep runs modest for demos; raise requestDelayMs if you see HTTP 429. An optional openFDA API key is not used by this Actor (no user signup required).

Sources

openFDA Drug Enforcement: https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/enforcement/
openFDA Device Enforcement: https://open.fda.gov/apis/device/enforcement/
openFDA Food Enforcement: https://open.fda.gov/apis/food/enforcement/
API base: https://api.fda.gov/{drug|device|food}/enforcement.json
Apify publishing: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing

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