Product Category & Industry Snapshot: Recalls, FDA Enforcement, Federal Spend

Type a product category (for example "stroller", "e-bike", "space heater", "infant formula") or a NAICS industry code, and get a structured, numbers-only market snapshot compiled from official U.S. government data:

Section	Source	What you get
Consumer product recalls	CPSC Recalls API (saferproducts.gov)	Total recalls, recalls by year, approximate units recalled, recalls with injury or incident reports, hazard categories (fire, choking, fall, tip-over...), remedy types, countries of manufacture, latest recall date
FDA enforcement	openFDA (food, drug, device)	Enforcement reports by year, by Class I/II/III, by status, voluntary vs. FDA-mandated
Industry federal demand	USAspending.gov	Federal obligations per fiscal year, growth rate (CAGR), top states by place of performance, top awarding agencies

No AI-written text and no guesswork: every number is computed from public records at run time, with the sources listed in each row.

Who uses this

• Product managers, sourcing teams, and Amazon/e-commerce sellers sizing safety risk in a category before launching or importing
• Insurance and compliance analysts comparing hazard profiles across categories
• Market researchers, consultants, and students building industry overviews
• GovCon strategists sizing federal demand for a NAICS code

What this is NOT

This actor describes categories and industries, not individual businesses or people. It does not score, rank, or profile any company or person, and should not be used for credit, hiring, tenancy, insurance underwriting of individuals, or legal evidence.

Input example

{
  "productCategories": ["stroller", "space heater", "infant formula"],
  "naicsCodes": ["336991"],
  "yearsBack": 10,
  "includeRecentRecalls": 3
}

Output example (abridged)

{
  "snapshotType": "productCategory",
  "query": "stroller",
  "periodStart": "2016-10-27",
  "periodEnd": "2026-10-27",
  "cpscConsumerProductRecalls": {
    "totalRecalls": 28,
    "recallsByYear": { "2020": 5, "2022": 4, "2025": 3, "2026": 3 },
    "unitsRecalledApprox": 1289607,
    "recallsWithReportedInjuries": 19,
    "hazardCategories": [ { "name": "fall", "count": 17 }, { "name": "choking", "count": 6 }, { "name": "entrapment", "count": 4 } ],
    "remedyTypes": [ { "name": "Repair", "count": 12 }, { "name": "Refund", "count": 10 } ],
    "countriesOfManufacture": [ { "name": "China", "count": 25 }, { "name": "Vietnam", "count": 1 } ],
    "latestRecallDate": "2026-07-23"
  },
  "fdaEnforcementReports": {
    "food": { "totalEnforcementReports": 0 },
    "drug": { "totalEnforcementReports": 0 },
    "device": { "totalEnforcementReports": 2, "reportsByYear": { "2021": 2 }, "byClassification": { "Class II": 2 } }
  }
}

{
  "snapshotType": "industryNaics",
  "query": "336991",
  "federalDemand": {
    "federalObligationsByFiscalYearUsd": { "2017": 4619396.44, "2023": 9398502.99, "2026": 6804612.53 },
    "federalObligationsCagrPct": 4.4,
    "topStatesByPlaceOfPerformanceUsd": [ { "state": "TX", "name": "Texas", "amountUsd": 949469.62 } ],
    "topAwardingAgenciesUsd": [ { "agency": "Department of the Interior", "amountUsd": 1543845.89 } ]
  }
}

Notes

• CPSC matching is by product name keyword. Try singular forms and synonyms ("heater" and "space heater").
• Hazard categories are assigned by transparent keyword rules on the official hazard text. One recall can count in several categories.
• unitsRecalledApprox parses "About 52,000" style figures from the notices and is approximate.
• openFDA data is provided "as is" by FDA, and FDA asks that it not be used for medical decisions.
• Priced per snapshot (one row = one category or industry).

Legal

All data comes from U.S. government sources (CPSC, FDA/openFDA, U.S. Treasury/USAspending). This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these agencies.