# Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts (`lx112/canada-recalls`) Actor

Search all Government of Canada recalls and safety alerts: food (CFIA), consumer products, vehicles (Transport Canada), medical devices and drugs. Filter by keyword, source and date; updated daily from official open data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lx112/canada-recalls.md
- **Developed by:** [leo xing](https://apify.com/lx112) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 recalls

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts

Search every Government of Canada recall and safety alert in one place: **food (CFIA), consumer
products, vehicles (Transport Canada), medical devices, drugs and health products, and cannabis**.
Filter by keywords, source and date, newest first. The data is the official open-data export behind
recalls-rappels.canada.ca, which the Government of Canada updates daily (about 34,000 records going
back to 1991).

Useful for e-commerce and marketplace compliance checks, retail buyers, product safety monitoring,
journalists, and AI agents that need current Canadian recall data.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords | `peanut` | all words must appear in the title, product or issue |
| Sources | `food`, `vehicles` | empty means all |
| Updated on or after | `2026-01-01` | |
| Include archived | `false` | |
| Max results | `100` | newest first, up to 10,000 |

### Output (one dataset item per recall)

```json
{
  "id": "82825",
  "title": "Galaxie Brands Corporation recalls OVERTIME Punch Out due to labelling issue",
  "url": "https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/galaxie-brands-corporation-recalls-overtime-punch-out-due-labelling-issue",
  "product": "OVERTIME Punch Out dried cannabis flower",
  "issue": "Labelling and packaging",
  "whatToDo": "…",
  "category": "…",
  "recallClass": "…",
  "source": "Controlled substances and cannabis",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-21",
  "archived": false
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: charged per **recall** returned. A run with no matches costs nothing beyond
Apify's actor start.

### Source and licence

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
(https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada). This actor is not affiliated with or
endorsed by the Government of Canada. Always check the official recall page linked in each result.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Words to find in the title, product or issue (all must match, case-insensitive). Leave empty for everything.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Only recalls from these sources. Leave empty for all.

## `updatedSince` (type: `string`):

Only recalls last updated on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `includeArchived` (type: `boolean`):

Also return recalls the government has archived (older or resolved).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Newest first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search": "peanut",
  "includeArchived": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Matching Government of Canada recalls and safety alerts, newest first.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "search": "peanut"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lx112/canada-recalls").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "search": "peanut" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lx112/canada-recalls").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "search": "peanut"
}' |
apify call lx112/canada-recalls --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lx112/canada-recalls"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UspzPeBMIEjbCrcsD/builds/pcI3duWwX3M4m6fD0/openapi.json