EAN GTIN Validator + EU Recall Check

Check a list of EAN/GTIN barcodes against 46,506 official EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) recall alerts — and validate every code while you're at it.

This is the only barcode tool that answers "is this product recalled in the EU?". US recall databases don't carry barcodes; EU Safety Gate does, and this actor makes that data queryable by GTIN in one call.

Coverage — read this before you run it

Recall check: 100% of codes are checked against the complete EU Safety Gate corpus (2005 to yesterday, synced daily including official corrections).

Product identity (name, brand, image) is best-effort and comes from the Open Food/Products/Beauty Facts community databases. Measured hit rate on a sample of real barcodes: ~40% for grocery, drinks and packaged consumer goods; near 0% for toys, electronics, textiles, lighting and cosmetics, which those databases barely cover. If you need guaranteed product master data, this is not that tool — use it for validation and the recall verdict, and treat any product data you get as a bonus.

What you get per barcode

Field	Description
gtin_valid	Checksum validation (EAN-8, UPC-A, EAN-13, GTIN-14)
format	Detected barcode format
gs1_prefix_origin	Region where the code was registered (GS1 prefix)
product	Name, brand, categories, quantity, image URL (from Open Food/Products/Beauty Facts, attributed)
recall	EU Safety Gate verdict: recalled / possible_match / clear, with case numbers, risk type and official alert links

Who uses this

• Merchants & marketplace sellers — screen a supplier's catalogue before ordering, or sweep your existing catalogue against EU recalls
• AI agents & automations — the actor is MCP-exposed and pay-per-event; agents can call it autonomously
• Product-data teams — bulk-validate and enrich GTIN lists (up to 10,000 per run)

Input

{
  "barcodes": ["4032722964700", "4006381333931"],
  "includeProductData": true,
  "recallCheck": true
}

Example output

{
  "barcode": "4032722964700",
  "gtin_valid": true,
  "format": "EAN-13",
  "gs1_prefix_origin": "Germany",
  "product": { "name": "Feel Better Buddy", "brand": "Trendhaus", "image_url": "…" },
  "recall": {
    "checked": true,
    "status": "recalled",
    "match_count": 1,
    "alerts": [{
      "caseNumber": "SR/02108/26",
      "product": "Sand-filled figurine toy",
      "risk": "Health risk / other",
      "level": "Serious risk",
      "reference": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10099441"
    }]
  }
}

Data sources & licences

• Recall data: Alerts from the Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products, published free of charge on the Safety Gate website (https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts) © European Union, 2005–2026. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Source fields unaltered; verdicts and matching are our own and are marked as such.
• Product identity: Open Food Facts / Open Products Facts / Open Beauty Facts, © contributors, ODbL.
• A clear verdict means no matching alert was found — it is not a safety certification.

Pricing

Pay per processed barcode. No subscription, no minimum.