⚠️ FDA Warning Letters Scraper

🚀 Export FDA warning letters with companies, issuing offices, and subjects in seconds.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 9 fields per record · 3,000+ warning letters · all FDA centers · 9 fields per letter

The FDA issues warning letters to companies, labs, and individuals when it identifies regulatory violations. This Actor pulls the official FDA warning-letters database into a structured dataset, one row per letter and 9 fields covering posted and issue dates, company, issuing office, subject, response and closeout status.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Pharma & biotech QA	Track FDA enforcement signals
Investors & analysts	Monitor regulated firms
Compliance teams	Audit suppliers and labs
Journalists	Cover health & safety stories

📋 What the FDA Warning Letters Scraper does

• Queries the public FDA Warning Letters source and structures the response
• Returns one record per item with 9 normalized fields
• Supports pagination and optional filters
• Outputs to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML via Apify dataset
• Auto-limits to 10 items on the free plan; up to 1,000,000 on paid

💡 Why it matters: FDA Warning Letters data is public record. This Actor makes it usable.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Cap on rows (free: 10)
startOffset	integer	Skip first N letters (0 = newest)

{ "maxItems": 50 }

{ "maxItems": 300, "startOffset": 100 }

⚠️ Good to Know: The FDA closeout-letter field is populated only after the FDA confirms remediation. Most recent letters have it empty.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🔹 postedDate	string	ISO posted date
🔹 letterIssueDate	string	ISO letter issue date
🔹 companyName	string	Recipient company or individual
🔹 letterUrl	string	FDA.gov letter page URL
🔹 issuingOffice	string	FDA center or office that issued the letter
🔹 subject	string	Subject / violation type
🔹 responseLetterDate	string	ISO response letter date or null
🔹 closeoutLetterDate	string	ISO closeout letter date or null
🔹 excerpt	string	Short excerpt from the letter body
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the record was collected
❌ error	string | null	Error message if extraction failed

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Direct FDA Warning Letters source, no third-party caching
• Real-time data, never stale
• Pay-per-result pricing; only charged for what you keep
• Works with Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Maintenance	Coverage
Manual FDA.gov search	Free	High	No bulk export
XLSX export	Free	High	Manual download
This actor	Pay per result	None	Direct, structured

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the Actor page
3. Set maxItems and any optional filters
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Competitor & market intelligence

Track FDA Warning Letters entries relevant to your sector.

Compliance monitoring

Spot regulatory or enforcement signals in your industry feed.

Lead generation

Use FDA Warning Letters entries as a clean prospect list.

Risk & due diligence

Vet counterparties or candidates against the official record.

🔌 Automating FDA Warning Letters Scraper

Connects with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic studies on regulation, public policy, and enforcement trends.

Personal

Citizens following developments in their communities.

Non-profit

Watchdog organizations and civic-tech projects auditing the record.

Experimentation

Train models on labeled regulatory data.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the data real-time? A: Yes. FDA.gov is queried directly. Q: How far back does data go? A: All 3,000+ warning letters currently listed on FDA.gov. Q: Can I filter by FDA center? A: Currently no input filter, but the issuingOffice field lets you post-filter. Q: Are closeout letters included? A: Yes, as a separate field. Empty if no closeout yet. Q: Does this include 483s? A: No, only warning letters. Form 483s are separate. Q: Is this affiliated with the FDA? A: No. Independent tool using public FDA data. Q: Does pagination work? A: Yes via startOffset. Q: How fresh is each run? A: Re-fetched on every run, no caching. Q: What if a letter is recalled? A: FDA may unpublish or update; the row reflects current state. Q: Can I get the full letter body? A: An excerpt is returned. Visit letterUrl for full text.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks, REST API.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the FDA Warning Letters source agency or any government. Only publicly available data collected.