📡 FDA Recalls Monitor — Drug, Device & Food Recall Alerts

Track FDA recalls — drug recalls, medical devices and food — with classification, reason, distribution and status, as clean records.

Monitor FDA enforcement reports + recall press releases — drug, food, medical-device, biologics, and tobacco recalls with classification (Class I/II/III), reason, distribution, affected lots, recall depth, status, firm, and recall-initiation + termination dates. Built as a pay-per-result alternative to RecallScout, Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS, and manual FDA.gov RSS scraping for compliance teams, supply-chain managers, attorneys, journalists, and consumer-safety researchers.

📊 Sample Output

recallingFirm	classification	status	recallInitiationDate	reportDate	city
Kalman Health & Wellness, Inc. dba Essential Wellness Pharma	Class II	Terminated	20150903	20151125	Peoria
Albek De Mexico S.A. De C.V.	Class II	Ongoing	20200730	20201125	San Juan Del Rio
ProRx LLC	Class II	Ongoing	20251015	20251105	Exton
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA	Class II	Terminated	20200522	20200610	Parsippany
Perrigo Company PLC	Class II	Terminated	20211026	20220302	Allegan
Pharmedium Services, LLC	Class II	Terminated	20160505	20160727	Lake Forest

Real rows from run c4biDOMcowhzTrus8 on build 0.0.51 (2026-09-25), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

⚙️ Sample inputs

This is the Store example input — the same input Apify's automated check runs — so it is proven to return rows on the current build. Paste it into the input form, or send it through the API, CLI or a schedule:

{
  "category": "all",
  "maxResults": 50
}

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
searchTerm	string	""	Keyword to filter recalls (product name, drug, firm). Leave blank for all recent recalls.
category	string (all, drug, device, food, biologics)	"all"	Recall product category.
severity	string	""	Filter by recall classification (e.g. "Class I", "Class II", "Class III"). Leave blank for all.
dateFrom	string	""	Start date filter (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank for no lower bound.
dateTo	string	""	End date filter (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank for no upper bound.
includeLabels	boolean	false	If enabled, includes product label details where available (slower).
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum recalls to return. Defaults to 25 as an evaluation-sized sample; raise it for full runs (each result is billed).

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run c4biDOMcowhzTrus8 (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "category": "drug",
  "productDescription": "Progesterone 100 mg/mL in Corn Oil Injection, 2 mL vials, Rx only, Essential Wellness PHARMACY, 4625 N. University, Peoria, IL 61614.",
  "reason": "Lack of Assurance of Sterility:  A recall of all compounded sterile preparations within expiry is being initiated due to observations associated with poor sterile production practices resulting in a lack of sterility assurance for their finished drugs.",
  "recallingFirm": "Kalman Health & Wellness, Inc. dba Essential Wellness Pharma",
  "classification": "Class II",
  "status": "Terminated",
  "recallInitiationDate": "20150903",
  "reportDate": "20151125",
  "city": "Peoria",
  "state": "IL",
  "country": "United States",
  "distribution": "Nationwide",
  "voluntaryMandated": "Voluntary: Firm initiated",
  "recallNumber": "D-321-2016"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$5e-05	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Recall record (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.05	Single result in the default dataset.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.05 = $5.00 plus the start fee.

🔗 Related Actors

More from the NexGenData Healthcare & FDA family:

• FDA Orange Book — Drug Patent & Exclusivity API
• FDA Pharma Pipeline Tracker — Milestone Data API
• FDA Purple Book — Biologics & Biosimilars API
• FDA Warning Letters & 483 Inspections API
• Medical Device Records — FDA 510(k) & PMA API
• Medicare Provider Records — CMS Doctor Data API

15 more in this family on the NexGenData Store page.

Why FDA Recall Monitor Beats RecallScout, Bloomberg Law, Westlaw & Manual FDA.gov

Feature	NexGenData FDA Recall Monitor	RecallScout	Bloomberg Law	Westlaw	FDA.gov direct
Cost	$0.05 / recall, pay-per-result	Plan-gated	$$$$ enterprise	$$$$ enterprise	Free (RSS, no structure)
Coverage	Drug + food + device + biologic + tobacco	Multi-vertical	Multi-vertical (legal-first)	Multi-vertical (legal-first)	All FDA
Class I/II/III flags	Yes — structured	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Distribution + lot detail	Yes — full	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Yes (unstructured PDF)
Real-time alerts	Yes — schedule + webhook	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	RSS (no structure)
Bulk historical pull	Yes — back to 2004	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Manual click
API access	Apify REST + SDKs	Paid plan	Enterprise	Enterprise	openFDA (rate-limited)
Auth required	Apify token	Account + plan	Enterprise contract	Enterprise contract	None (heavy throttle)
Monthly minimum	None	$$	$$$$	$$$$	None

Most QA + compliance + supply-chain teams pick this actor instead of RecallScout because RecallScout pricing scales with seats and use-case ($1K-$10K+ annual); this actor charges per record with no annual contract. Cheaper than Bloomberg Law / Westlaw for the FDA-only slice and a drop-in alternative to running raw openFDA API calls (rate-limited, sparse field coverage). Public FDA data, structured, schedulable.

What You Get Per Recall

Each dataset item is a flat JSON record:

• recall_number, event_id, recall_initiation_date, report_date, termination_date
• product_type — drug / food / device / biologic / tobacco
• classification — Class I (life-threatening) / Class II (temporary) / Class III (unlikely harm)
• firm_name, firm_address, firm_city, firm_state, firm_country
• product_description, product_quantity
• reason_for_recall — full narrative
• distribution_pattern, recalling_firm, recall_depth
• voluntary_mandated — voluntary / FDA-mandated
• status — ongoing / completed / terminated
• code_info — affected lot / serial / UPC codes
• more_code_info, press_release_url, enforcement_report_url

Use Cases

• QA + compliance teams — auto-alert on recalls in your supplier list (firm_name match)
• Supply-chain managers — pull a SKU / UPC / lot match against open recalls before shipment
• Pharma / device companies — track competitor recalls + FDA enforcement trends in your therapeutic area
• Hospital + clinic procurement — flag recalls affecting devices / drugs you've purchased
• Insurance + risk — model recall exposure for product-liability underwriting
• Class-action attorneys — early-warning system for nationwide recall events
• Journalists + consumer advocates — monitor recall frequency + severity by category
• Academic research — public-health studies on recall causes + outcomes

Quick Start (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/fda-recall-monitor").call(run_input={
    "product_types": ["drug", "device"],
    "classifications": ["Class I", "Class II"],
    "since_date": "2026-01-01"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["recall_number"], item["classification"], item["firm_name"])

Pricing — Pay Per Recall

• Actor start: $0.01
• Recall record: $0.01

A 500-recall monthly monitor = $5.01. A 5K-record historical pull (2020+ drugs) = $50.01. No monthly minimum, no seats.

Related NexGenData Gov + Regulatory Actors

Use case	Actor
OpenFDA drug search (labels + safety)	openfda-drug-search
SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)	sec-edgar-filings-scraper
Federal Register rules + notices	federal-register-rules-scraper
FTC enforcement actions	ftc-enforcement-actions-scraper
CFPB consumer complaints	cfpb-consumer-complaints-scraper
EPA ECHO enforcement	epa-echo-enforcement-scraper
NHTSA US vehicle recalls	nhtsa-us-vehicle-recalls
Government contracts search	government-contracts-search

FAQ

Q: Coverage? A: All FDA-classified recalls back to 2004 across drugs, food, devices, biologics, and tobacco.

Q: How fresh is the data? A: FDA updates Enforcement Reports weekly (Wednesdays). Each run pulls the latest available snapshot.

Q: Can I get only Class I (life-threatening) recalls? A: Yes — pass classifications: ["Class I"] in the run input.

Q: Real-time alerts? A: Yes — schedule daily runs and configure Apify webhooks to POST new items to Slack / email / your alert system.

Q: Output formats? A: JSON, CSV, Excel via Apify dataset export. Webhooks supported on dataset write.

Q: Legal status? A: FDA Enforcement Reports are public domain. You are the data controller for downstream use — follow your jurisdiction's data-use rules.

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

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• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

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Integration Surface

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• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

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