US Recalls & Adverse Event Report Counts

US drug, device and food recall reports, recall stats and adverse event report COUNTS (no report-level data) from US government public data. Unofficial; not medical advice.

Modes (endpoint)

• recalls: Search recalls; pages automatically up to Max results
• recall-detail: Recall by number (ids: recall numbers, e.g. D-0123-2026)
• recall-stats: Recall counts by a field
• adverse-event-counts: Adverse event report counts

Filters are passed as JSON in filters, using the same names as the output's query object (e.g. {"category":"drug","q":"metformin"}).

Output. One row per record (type: "record"), plus source_notice and removal on every row. Free status rows (never charged): invalid-input, not-found, no-results, api-error, service-busy, run-limit-reached, free-plan-limit, charge-limit-reached.

Example row:

{
 "recall_number": "H-0543-2026",
 "category": "food",
 "classification": "Class I",
 "status_as_published": "Terminated",
 "event_id": "98427",
 "product_description": "Junebar Chocolate Cherry All Natural Snack Bar; INGREDIENTS: ORGANIC ALMOND BUTTER, DATE PASTE, ORGANIC BLACK BEANS, ORGANIC SWEET POTATOES, GLUTEN FREE ROLLED OATS, SEMI-SWEET SOY FREE VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIPS (ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER), DRIED CHERRIES, ALMONDS; OAT FLOUR, COCOA POWDER, ORANGE ZEST, VANILLA EXTRACT (VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVES IN WATER, ALCOHOL), FLAX, CINNAMON, SEA SALT, BAKING POWDER; ALLERGEN WARNING: CONTAINS TREE NUTS (ALMOND, COCONUT), PRODUCED ON EQUPMENT ALSO HANDLING PEANUT, SESAME. PRODUCED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESES GLUTEN PRODUCTS. KEEP REFRIGERATED; UPC: 8 60012 38462 4",
 "reason_for_recall": "Products contain undeclared milk and soy.",
 "product_quantity": "1800 bars total",
 "code_info": "Lot L1300, including L1300A and L1300B. Lot number is stamped on the back, near the bottom of each individual bar pouch.",
 "distribution_pattern": "New York",
 "recalling_firm": "Juniper Granola, LLC",
 "firm_city": "Rochester",
 "firm_state": "NY",
 "firm_postal_code": "14604",
 "firm_country": "United States",
 "voluntary_mandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
 "initial_firm_notification": "Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit",
 "recall_initiation_date": "2026-02-11",
 "classification_date": "2026-03-05",
 "report_date": "2026-03-11",
 "termination_date": "2026-05-14",
 "brand_names": [],
 "generic_names": [],
 "manufacturer_names": [],
 "product_ndc": [],
 "device_class": null
}

Data source, notices and limits

• FDA does not update the status of a recall after the recall has been classified according to its level of hazard. Not for issuing public alerts or tracking a recall's progress; check the recall notice.
• Adverse event reports submitted to FDA do not undergo extensive validation or verification. Therefore, a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report.
• US government public data: drug, medical device and food recall enforcement reports and adverse event report counts, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the source publishes it under CC0 1.0).
• Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (https://open.fda.gov).
• Unofficial. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any government agency.
• status_as_published is the recall status as published in the source; it is not tracked or updated by this API.
• Live from the source (updated weekly), cached up to 6 hours for searches and 24 hours for counts and single records; retrieved_at shows when, source_last_updated shows the source date.
• Organisation-level data only. Counts only for adverse events: no individual reports, no patient or reporter data. Recalling-firm street address and ZIP+4 are omitted (5-digit ZIP kept).
• Removal requests: support@lepidata.com (handled within 30 days).
• Unofficial data provided as is. Not medical or legal advice. Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions regarding medical care. While we make every effort to ensure that data is accurate, you should assume all results are unvalidated.
• Records listed for removal on request are filtered out of every run.
• Source capacity is shared by all users of this tool. When it runs low or the source rate limits, runs stop cleanly with a free service-busy row. Hard cap: 500 source calls per run, paced (about one call every 0.5 s).
• Free-plan accounts get up to 100 results per run.

Pricing. Pay per result row, flat on every plan, no start fee. Status rows are free.

Contact: support@lepidata.com