UK Product Recalls Scraper: OPSS, FSA & MHRA Safety Alerts

Every UK product recall and safety alert (OPSS, FSA, MHRA) in one feed, with new-alert monitoring.

Who it's for

• Retailers and marketplace sellers checking products they stock
• Compliance and quality teams in consumer goods, food and pharma
• Journalists and consumer sites covering recalls

Sample output

source	date	product	hazard	riskLevel
opss	2026-10-16	Soft Plastic Alien Mask	asphyxiation	serious
opss	2026-10-13	Toddler Ghost Costume	strangulation and asphyxiation	serious
opss	2026-10-13	Baby Electric Soothing Palm Sleep Pillow	asphyxiation	serious

Real rows from a test run (shortened; the full output has more fields).

Price per 1,000 results

Main event: alert-row at $0.002 each, so 1,000 results = $2.00. Other events: new-alert $0.008 each (only charged when that row type is output). See the Pricing tab for the current prices.

Input example

{
  "mode": "search",
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxResults": 30
}

Every UK product recall and safety alert in one feed. It combines OPSS product recalls and product safety reports (toys, baby products, cosmetics, electricals, e-scooters, chargers), FSA food and allergy alerts, and MHRA medicine recalls and medical device alerts. All are in one format: source, title, date, category, brand, product, seller, hazard, risk level and URL. Filter by source, category, risk and keyword, or run new_alerts on a schedule to get only the alerts published since your last run. Official GOV.UK and FSA open data, no key.

Mode	What you get
🔎 search	All alerts since a date, filtered
🔔 new_alerts	Only alerts not seen in previous runs. A daily recall alert for your products, brands or categories

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What you get

• One clean row per alert from OPSS (product recalls and safety reports), FSA (food and allergy alerts) and MHRA (medicine recalls and device alerts)
• Source, alert ID, title, date, category, brand, product, seller, hazard, risk level and the official GOV.UK / FSA link
• Allergens on FSA alerts and the recall class on MHRA medicine recalls
• A new_alerts monitor mode that returns only alerts published since your last run
• Export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or push to Slack, Sheets, Make or Zapier

Who uses it

• Online sellers and marketplaces (Amazon, eBay, Etsy, TikTok Shop): check your listings against new recalls and OPSS marketplace reports.
• Retailers, importers and brand owners: monitor your category and your competitors.
• Compliance, QA and insurance teams: a product-liability and recall-risk feed.
• Parents' sites, consumer journalists and allergy groups: toy, baby and allergen alerts.
• Pharmacies and clinics: MHRA medicine recalls and device safety notices.

Input

Field	Example	Notes
Mode	search	or new_alerts
Sources	["opss","fsa","mhra"]
Categories	["toys","baby","cosmetics","electrical","food","supplements"]	Also sports, household, tools_machinery, clothing, ppe, vehicles, chemicals, medicines, medical_devices
Keyword	lithium	Brand, product or hazard
Risk levels	["serious","high"]
Days back / From date	30
Max results	30

Example output (real sample)

source	date	category	product	hazard	riskLevel
opss	2026-10-16	toys	Soft Plastic Alien Mask	asphyxiation	serious
opss	2026-10-13	toys	Toddler Ghost Costume	strangulation and asphyxiation	serious
opss	2026-10-13	baby	Baby Electric Soothing Palm Sleep Pillow	asphyxiation	serious

Output

{
  "source": "opss",
  "alertType": "product-safety-report",
  "alertId": "2610-0040",
  "title": "Product Safety Report: Soft Plastic Alien Mask sold via Amazon (2610-0040)",
  "date": "2026-10-16",
  "category": "toys",
  "product": "Soft Plastic Alien Mask",
  "seller": "Amazon",
  "hazard": "asphyxiation",
  "riskLevel": "serious",
  "url": "https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-soft-plastic-alien-mask-sold-via-amazon-2610-0040"
}

FSA alerts add brand (the reporting business) and allergens. MHRA medicine recalls add the recall class as riskLevel (class-1 to class-4).

Pricing (pay per event)

In plain words: $2 per 1,000 alerts in search mode, and $8 per 1,000 new alerts in monitor mode. A daily monitor usually finds a handful of new alerts, so it costs cents a day.

Event	Price
alert-row: each alert in search mode	$0.002
new-alert: each new alert in new_alerts mode	$0.008

FAQ

Which sources are covered? OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls (GOV.UK), FSA food and allergy alerts, and MHRA drug and medical device alerts.

How fresh is it? Each run reads the live official feeds, so new alerts appear as soon as the regulator publishes them. Schedule new_alerts daily or hourly.

Can I monitor only my brands or categories? Yes. Combine keyword, categories and sources with the new_alerts mode and a schedule.

Why is my first new_alerts run empty or small? The first run saves a baseline. From the next run you only get new alerts.

Is it legal to use? Yes. All the data is official public-sector information published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information from OPSS, the Food Standards Agency and the MHRA, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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