openFDA Food Adverse Events Scraper
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openFDA Food Adverse Events Scraper
Track public records from Openfda Food Events with identifiers, dates, parties, descriptions, status flags and direct links to source filings. Designed for compliance, government affairs, due diligence and policy research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your favo.
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📊 openFDA Food Adverse Events Scraper
🚀 Pull FDA food adverse-event reports (CFSAN CAERS) from the openFDA API: report number, outcomes, reactions, dates, suspected products, brand names and industry codes. Open as tabular records, or tabular.
🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-27 · 📊 9+ fields per record · Live data · Global coverage
Pull FDA food adverse-event reports (CFSAN CAERS) from the openFDA API: report number, outcomes, reactions, dates, suspected products, brand names and industry codes. Filter by product brand, reaction or date. tabular records for food-safety research, journalism and compliance.
Target Audience / Use Cases
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Analysts | Source data extraction |
| Researchers | Academic and policy studies |
| Journalists | Data-driven storytelling |
| Businesses | Market and competitive intelligence |
| Developers | Power data products |
📋 What this scraper does
- Connects to the official source
- Pulls every record matching your filters
- Returns structured rows ready for analysis
- Outputs tabular, tabular, spreadsheet, tabular
💡 Why it matters: skip manual collection and get clean structured data in seconds.
🎬 Full Demo
🚧 Coming soon
⚙️ Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000 |
search | string | openFDA Lucene search query. Examples: products.name_brand:"peanut butter", reactions:"NAUSEA". Leave blank for newest. |
⚠️ Good to Know: the actor returns whatever the live source returns at runtime.
📊 Output
Key fields: reportNumber, dateCreated, dateStarted, outcomes, reactions, consumerAge, consumerGender, products, sourceUrl, scrapedAt.
✨ Why choose this Actor
- 🟢 Backed by official source data
- 🟢 No login or API key required
- 🟢 Up to 1,000,000 records per paid run
- 🟢 Multiple pull shape
📈 How it compares to alternatives
| Option | Free | Bulk | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source website | Yes | No | Yes |
| ParseForge Scraper | Yes | Yes | Live |
🚀 How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit
- Open this actor
- Set filters and click Start
- Open tabular / spreadsheet / tabular / tabular
💼 Business use cases
Market intelligence
Track competitors and the market landscape.
Compliance
Monitor regulatory and registry changes.
Lead generation
Build prospect lists from public records.
Research
Power academic studies.
🔌 Automating openFDA Food Adverse Events Scraper
Integrates with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive.
🌟 Beyond business use cases
Research
Build longitudinal datasets.
Personal
Look up records of personal interest.
Non-profit
Civic-tech and watchdog dashboards.
Experimentation
Pair with related ParseForge actors.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Source? Official live source. Q: API key? No. Q: Real-time? Yes. Q: Output shape? tabular, tabular, spreadsheet, tabular. Q: Free preview? Yes, 10 records. Q: Bulk size? Up to 1,000,000 paid. Q: Coverage? Worldwide where the source covers. Q: Filtering? Use the input fields. Q: Schedule? Yes, via Apify Schedules or webhooks. Q: Support? Open our contact form.
🔌 Integrate with any app
Webhooks, REST API, Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Sheets and more.
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🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form
⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the source. Only publicly available data is collected.
