FDA Recalls Monitor - Drug, Device & Food to JSON
Pricing
Pay per usage
FDA Recalls Monitor - Drug, Device & Food to JSON
Search & monitor FDA recalls (drug, device, food) via the official openFDA API. Filter by keyword, status, classification. Clean structured JSON for compliance, legal, pharma and research.
FDA Recalls Monitor — Drug, Device & Food Recalls → JSON (with stock tickers)
Search and monitor FDA enforcement recalls (drug, device, food) through the official openFDA API. No browser, no proxy: a public government API, so it's fast, reliable, and fully legal. Recall data is de-identified public enforcement information.
What it does
Query openFDA's enforcement datasets by category, keyword, status, and severity class, and get clean, flattened recall records — recall reason, recalling firm, classification, distribution, dates, and more.
Bonus: recalling firm → stock ticker
A recall is a market-moving event. When the recalling firm is a publicly-traded company,
this actor maps it to its stock ticker + SEC CIK (via SEC's official company list,
with a conservative match plus an alias table for big pharma like JNJ/PFE/ABBV). Most
recallers are private or foreign generic makers (so ticker is often null) — but when
it matches, you get a high-signal, ticker-tagged event. Turn it off with mapTickers: false.
Input
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
category | drug, device, or food |
keyword | Optional term matched on product description (e.g. insulin) |
status | Ongoing, Completed, Terminated, Pending, or empty for all |
classification | Class I (most serious), Class II, Class III, or empty |
maxResults | Max recalls to return |
mapTickers | Add ticker + CIK for matched recalling firms (default true) |
Output (one item per recall)
{"recallNumber": "D-1234-2026","status": "Ongoing","classification": "Class II","recallingFirm": "Example Pharma Inc","ticker": null,"cik": null,"reason": "Failed dissolution specifications","productDescription": "...","city": "Trenton", "state": "NJ", "country": "United States","recallInitiationDate": "20260512","reportDate": "20260601"}
Use cases
- Pharma / medtech / food safety — monitor recalls in your category or by competitor.
- Quant / alternative data — ticker-tagged recall events as risk signals.
- Compliance & QA — track Class I/II recalls relevant to your supply chain.
Pricing
Pay-per-result (PPE): billed per recall returned. Schedule it for a fresh recall feed.
Legal & data notes
All data comes from the official openFDA enforcement API (public, de-identified
enforcement records). Ticker mapping uses SEC's public company_tickers.json.