# Product Recall Alert — FDA Drug, Food & Device Recalls (`m_ctim/product-recall-alert`) Actor

Search recent FDA recall enforcement reports across drugs, food, and medical devices by keyword, severity class, or state. Official openFDA data, for compliance, quality, and supply-chain risk monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/product-recall-alert.md
- **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Product Recall Alert — FDA Drug, Food & Device Recalls

Search recent FDA recall enforcement reports across drugs, food, and medical
devices by keyword, severity class, or state. Get back the recalling firm,
what was recalled, why, how severe, and how it was distributed — one query
instead of checking three separate FDA report pages.

Built for compliance and quality teams tracking recalls in their supply
chain, retailers/distributors screening what they carry, and risk/insurance
teams monitoring a sector or region.

### Input

```json
{
  "category": "all",
  "keyword": "salmonella",
  "classification": "Class I",
  "state": "CA",
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `category` | string | `all`, `drug`, `food`, or `device`. Default `all`. |
| `keyword` | string | Free-text search across the product description and recall reason. Leave blank to skip. |
| `classification` | string | FDA severity tier: `all`, `Class I` (most severe), `Class II`, or `Class III` (least severe). |
| `state` | string | Two-letter US state code — limits to recalls from firms based there. |
| `daysBack` | number | How many days back from today to search, by FDA report date. Default `30`, max `365`. |
| `maxResults` | number | Max recalls to return, most recent first. Default `25`, max `100`. |

### Output

One record per recall:

```json
{
  "category": "food",
  "recallNumber": "H-1180-2026",
  "eventId": "99387",
  "status": "Ongoing",
  "classification": "Class I",
  "recallingFirm": "Green Jeeva LLC",
  "brandName": null,
  "productDescription": "Organic Moringa Powder; 15kg/bag (bulk); Product code: GJ96",
  "productQuantity": "2,490 kg",
  "reasonForRecall": "Moringa Powder ingredient positive for salmonella",
  "distributionPattern": "Product was distributed to 4 different consignees...",
  "voluntaryMandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
  "city": "Cerritos",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "United States",
  "recallInitiationDate": "20260708",
  "reportDate": "20260729"
}
```

### How it works

Direct calls to the official [openFDA](https://open.fda.gov/) enforcement
API (`api.fda.gov`) — the same public dataset behind FDA.gov's own recall
search, covering drugs, food, and medical devices with one consistent
schema. No proxy, no login, no scraping.

### Pricing note

Billed per **search**, not per recall returned — one charge whether the
search returns 1 recall or 100.

### Related products

Looking for other risk-monitoring signals?

- [Federal Contract Award Tracker](https://github.com/timmKal01/federal-contract-award-tracker) — who just won government contracts
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# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Which FDA-regulated product category to search.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Free-text search across the product description and recall reason (e.g. "salmonella", "infusion pump", "undeclared peanut"). Leave blank to skip keyword filtering.

## `classification` (type: `string`):

FDA's own severity tier: Class I = reasonable chance of serious harm/death, Class II = temporary/reversible harm, Class III = unlikely to cause harm.

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter US state code to limit to recalls from firms based there (e.g. "CA"). Leave blank for all states.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

How many days back from today to search, based on FDA report date.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of recalls to return, most recent first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "all",
  "classification": "all",
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("m_ctim/product-recall-alert").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("m_ctim/product-recall-alert").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 '{}' |
apify call m_ctim/product-recall-alert --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m_ctim/product-recall-alert"
        }
    }
}

```

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/8ARkezqU0xD4Aa8Jg/builds/Kg0gbgTFSydIY3hWl/openapi.json