USDA FSIS Meat & Poultry Recalls Scraper (USA)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "recallNumber": "001-2026",
  "recallNumberExport": "001-2026",
  "title": "Suzanna's Kitchen Recalls Ready-To-Eat Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination",
  "recallClassification": "Class I",
  "classLevel": 1,
  "riskLevel": "High - Class I",
  "recallType": "Closed Recall",
  "active": false,
  "archived": true,
  "recallDate": "2026-01-16",
  "lastModifiedDate": "2026-03-03",
  "year": "2026",
  "closedYear": "2026",
  "recallReason": "Product Contamination",
  "recallReasons": ["Product Contamination"],
  "relatedToOutbreak": false,
  "processingCategories": ["Fully Cooked - Not Shelf Stable"],
  "states": ["Alabama", "Florida", "Georgia", "Missouri", "New Hampshire", "North Carolina", "Ohio"],
  "statesCount": 7,
  "distributionNationwide": false,
  "productDescription": "• 10-lb. cases containing two 5 lb. bags of fully cooked grilled chicken breast fillets with rib meat, with lot code 60104 P1382 287 5 J14 on the side of the case and on the package.",
  "productItems": ["• 10-lb. cases containing two 5 lb. bags of fully cooked grilled chicken breast fillets with rib meat, with lot code 60104 P1382 287 5 J14 on the side of the case and on the package."],
  "productItemsCount": 1,
  "quantityRecovered": "2,190 lbs",
  "establishment": ["Suzanna's Kitchen Inc"],
  "companyName": "Customer Service Director",
  "companyContactPerson": "Dawn Duncan",
  "companyContactPhone": null,
  "companyContactEmail": "dduncan@suzannaskitchen.com",
  "companyContactsCount": 1,
  "fsisMediaContact": "Luke Harman",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2026 – Suzanna's Kitchen, a Norcross, Ga., establishment, is recalling approximately 13,720 pounds of ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast fillet products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.",
  "labelPdfs": ["Recall-001-2026-Label.pdf"],
  "productListPdfs": [],
  "pressReleaseUrl": "http://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/suzannas-kitchen-recalls-ready-eat-grilled-chicken-breast-fillet-products-due",
  "hasSpanish": false,
  "langcode": "English",
  "source": "USDA FSIS",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-09T17:56:02.838Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete USDA FSIS recall scraper available. It returns every field the FSIS recall database exposes for each meat, poultry and egg recall or public health alert, including parsed distribution states, company contact person, phone and email, plus derived fields for risk level and distribution scope, and gives you nine filters to target exactly the recalls you need.

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Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor collects US Department of Agriculture FSIS recalls and public health alerts for meat, poultry and egg products, applies the filters you pass as input, and writes one normalized record per notice to the run's dataset. Dates are normalized to YYYY-MM-DD, missing source values are returned as null, and the free-text notice is parsed into clean structured fields: distribution states, processing categories, product items, company contact person, phone and email, label and product-list PDFs, and derived fields (classLevel, riskLevel, active, distributionNationwide, statesCount).

Data covers FSIS-regulated products only (meat, poultry, egg). It does not include FDA-regulated food (see the openFDA Food Recall Scraper) or consumer products (see the CPSC Product Recalls Scraper).

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 8 recent recalls whose reason or text mentions Listeria.

{
  "reasonKeywords": ["Listeria"],
  "maxRecalls": 8,
  "status": ""
}

Every input field is optional. With an empty input the actor returns the most recent FSIS recalls (default maxRecalls is 50, capped at 10 on free plans).

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxRecalls	integer	no	50	Maximum notices to collect. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.
recallClasses	string[]	no	(any)	Hazard classes to include. Any of Class I, Class II, Class III, Public Health Alert. Class I is most serious.
reasonKeywords	string[]	no	(empty)	Match recall reason, product or summary text, for example listeria, E. coli, salmonella, undeclared allergen, foreign material. Any match is returned.
companies	string[]	no	(empty)	Filter by recalling company or establishment name, for example Tyson, Cargill, BrucePac.
states	string[]	no	(empty)	Filter by distribution state, for example California, Texas, or Nationwide.
years	string[]	no	(empty)	Filter by recall year, for example 2026, 2025.
status	enum	no	(any)	Active (open) or Closed recalls. Empty keeps all.
recallNumber	string	no	(empty)	Fetch a single recall by its FSIS recall number, for example 014-2026 or PHA-08082026-01.
dateFrom	string	no	(empty)	Include recalls on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
dateTo	string	no	(empty)	Include recalls on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

All filters are optional and combine with logical AND. Leave them empty to pull the most recent FSIS recalls.

Output reference

One dataset item per recall or alert. Types: string, integer, boolean, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
recallNumber	string	FSIS recall number, for example 001-2026.
recallNumberExport	string	Recall number as exported by FSIS.
title	string	Full recall or alert title.
recallClassification	string	Hazard class: Class I, Class II, Class III, or Public Health Alert.
classLevel	integer	Numeric hazard rank: 1, 2, 3, or null for alerts.
riskLevel	string	Human-readable risk level, for example High - Class I.
recallType	string	Active Recall, Closed Recall, or public health alert type.
active	boolean	true if the recall is open, else false.
archived	boolean	true if FSIS has archived the notice.
recallDate	string	Date the recall was announced (YYYY-MM-DD).
lastModifiedDate	string	Date the notice was last modified (YYYY-MM-DD).
year	string	Recall year.
closedYear	string	Year the recall was closed, or null.
recallReason	string	Primary recall reason.
recallReasons	string[]	All recall reason labels.
relatedToOutbreak	boolean	true if FSIS links the recall to an outbreak.
processingCategories	string[]	FSIS product processing categories.
states	string[]	Distribution states parsed from the notice.
statesCount	integer	Number of distribution states.
distributionNationwide	boolean	true when distribution is nationwide.
productDescription	string	Product description text.
productItems	string[]	Individual recalled product line items.
productItemsCount	integer	Number of product line items.
quantityRecovered	string	Quantity of product recalled, for example 2,190 lbs.
establishment	string[]	Establishment or firm names.
companyName	string	Company contact role or name.
companyContactPerson	string	Named company contact person.
companyContactPhone	string	Company contact phone, or null.
companyContactEmail	string	Company contact email, or null.
companyContactsCount	integer	Number of company contacts found.
fsisMediaContact	string	FSIS media contact name.
summary	string	Full narrative recall summary.
labelPdfs	string[]	Recall label PDF filenames.
productListPdfs	string[]	Product-list PDF filenames.
pressReleaseUrl	string	URL of the FSIS press release.
hasSpanish	boolean	true if a Spanish version exists.
langcode	string	Language of the notice, for example English.
source	string	Always USDA FSIS.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"reasonKeywords": ["Listeria"], "maxRecalls": 8}):

{
  "recallNumber": "001-2026",
  "title": "Suzanna's Kitchen Recalls Ready-To-Eat Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination",
  "recallClassification": "Class I",
  "classLevel": 1,
  "riskLevel": "High - Class I",
  "recallType": "Closed Recall",
  "active": false,
  "recallDate": "2026-01-16",
  "recallReason": "Product Contamination",
  "states": ["Alabama", "Florida", "Georgia", "Missouri", "New Hampshire", "North Carolina", "Ohio"],
  "statesCount": 7,
  "distributionNationwide": false,
  "quantityRecovered": "2,190 lbs",
  "establishment": ["Suzanna's Kitchen Inc"],
  "companyContactPerson": "Dawn Duncan",
  "companyContactPhone": null,
  "companyContactEmail": "dduncan@suzannaskitchen.com",
  "fsisMediaContact": "Luke Harman",
  "labelPdfs": ["Recall-001-2026-Label.pdf"],
  "pressReleaseUrl": "http://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/suzannas-kitchen-recalls-ready-eat-grilled-chicken-breast-fillet-products-due",
  "source": "USDA FSIS",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-09T17:56:02.838Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~usda-fsis-recalls-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"reasonKeywords":["Listeria"],"recallClasses":["Class I"],"maxRecalls":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~usda-fsis-recalls-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"companies":["Tyson"],"years":["2026"],"maxRecalls":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/usda-fsis-recalls-scraper \
  --input '{"recallNumber":"001-2026"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per recall record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxRecalls.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The filter combination matched nothing. Loosen filters (for example remove states or widen the date range). Zero-result runs are not charged.

How do I get only the most serious recalls? Set recallClasses to ["Class I"]. Combine with a reasonKeywords value such as listeria.

Why is companyContactPhone or companyContactEmail null? The FSIS notice did not publish that contact detail. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

How do I fetch one specific recall? Pass recallNumber, for example 001-2026 or a public health alert number like PHA-08082026-01.

Does it cover FDA food recalls? No. This actor covers only USDA FSIS meat, poultry and egg products. For FDA-regulated food use the openFDA Food Recall Scraper.

Is this an official USDA tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the USDA or FSIS. It reads only data that is publicly available from FSIS. Use it in accordance with the FSIS terms of use.

Related scrapers

• openFDA Food Recall & Enforcement Scraper: US FDA food recalls and enforcement reports.
• CPSC Product Recalls Scraper: US consumer product recalls with hazards and remedies.
• openFDA Drug Events & Recalls Scraper: FDA drug adverse events and drug recalls.
• Health Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts Scraper: Canadian consumer product and food recalls.
• EU Safety Gate Recalls Scraper: EU dangerous non-food product alerts.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the USDA or FSIS. Accesses only publicly available FSIS recall data. Use in accordance with the FSIS terms of use.