CPSC Product Recall Marketplace Watch Scraper

What you get: one alert row per product watch when new CPSC recalls match your product names, brands, categories or keywords, with the matched recalls (recall number, date, title, watch-term hits, cpsc.gov link); optional digest rows and a portfolio report.

Sample output from a real run (2026-10-18, the JSON below: children's toy watch → 1 alert row with 3 recalls):

docNumber	publicationDate	title	watch-term hits
27003	2026-10-01	ABC Trading Recalls Squishy Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Water Bead Ingestion; Violate Mandatory Standard for Toys	injury, children, toy
27008	2026-10-01	GBYMIUY Recalls Magnetic Stick Figure Toy Sets Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Magnet Ingestion; Violate Mandatory Standard for Toys	injury, children, toy
27006	2026-10-01	LLK Trading Recalls Mochi Malrang Mystery Dumpling Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Water Bead Ingestion; Violate Mandatory Standard for Toys	injury, children, toy

That alert row is one cpsc-recall-alert event (USD 0.08). Note: the Console default is emitReport: true, which adds a USD 5 cpsc-recall-report row to a run with alerts (a prefill test on 2026-10-18: 1 alert + 1 report = USD 5.08); keep emitReport: false as in the JSON below for a first test.

Open Input

Paid first-run JSON ≈ USD 0.08 (1 product watch = 1 cpsc-recall-alert row; emitReport: false keeps the USD 5 report off). Open Console Input (deep link above) and run this JSON.

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking"
    }
  ],
  "emitReport": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

Store Quickstart

Run the bounded paid first-run JSON above first; keep report/export options off unless needed.

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking"
    }
  ],
  "emitReport": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking,burn,laceration"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "choking,burn,laceration,injury",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "action_needed",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

1. Use the first input example with dryRun=false.
2. Keep notifyOnNoNew=false so unchanged scheduled checks emit zero rows and zero charges.
3. Review billingEventName in the output before increasing feed count.

Use with Apify MCP

Exact actor: taroyamada/cpsc-product-recall-marketplace-watch-scraper

Sample input JSON:

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking,burn,laceration"
    }
  ]
}

Marketplace, resale, compliance operations, and product teams use this actor to monitor public CPSC recall updates.

Input product names, categories, brands, and recall keywords from the official CPSC Recall API.

Get source-linked recall alert, digest, and report rows for marketplace and product review workflows.

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• Consolidate CPSC and NHTSA changes into a portfolio review with Product Safety Market Action Portfolio Report.

Input Examples

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking,burn,laceration"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "choking,burn,laceration,injury",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "action_needed",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking,burn,laceration"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "choking,burn,laceration,injury",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "new_only",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "children-products",
      "name": "Children product recall watch",
      "productNames": "toy",
      "brands": "",
      "categories": "children,toy",
      "keywords": "choking,burn,laceration"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "choking,burn,laceration,injury",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "action_needed",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": true,
  "dryRun": true
}

Sample Output

{
  "actorName": "cpsc-product-recall-marketplace-watch-scraper",
  "rowType": "cpsc_recall_digest",
  "feedId": "children-products",
  "feedName": "Children product recall watch",
  "checkedAt": "2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/example-recall",
  "warnings": [],
  "status": "action_needed",
  "newDocCount": 1,
  "totalDocCount": 1,
  "changedSinceLastRun": true,
  "actionNeeded": true,
  "reviewNote": "Review the source-linked public record and update the watchlist if needed.",
  "signalTags": [
    "watch_term_hit"
  ],
  "watchTermHits": [
    {
      "term": "recall",
      "docNumber": "cpsc-26472",
      "title": "Rainbow wall toy recalled due to choking hazard"
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "docNumber": "cpsc-26472",
      "title": "Rainbow wall toy recalled due to choking hazard",
      "docType": "CPSC_RECALL",
      "publicationDate": "2026-05-07",
      "primaryAgency": "CPSC",
      "productName": "Rainbow Wall Toy",
      "companyName": "Example importer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/example-recall"
    }
  ],
  "billingEventName": "cpsc-recall-alert"
}

Output fields

• rowType: cpsc_recall_digest
• billingEventName: one of cpsc-recall-alert, cpsc-recall-digest, or cpsc-recall-report
• documents[]: nested official public records with source URLs
• watchTermHits[]: matched public-record terms for review
• reviewNote: source-linked review note, not agency guidance or proof of safety/compliance

Pricing

This actor charges only when it emits a billable alert, digest, or report row:

• cpsc-recall-alert: $0.08 per watchlist alert row
• cpsc-recall-digest: $0.25 per non-empty digest row
• cpsc-recall-report: $5.00 per generated report row

No-change runs emit zero default dataset rows and zero charges when notifyOnNoNew=false.

Compliance

• Uses official public data from cpsc-recall-api.
• Do not present rows as proof that a product is safe, compliant, CPSC-approved, ranked, or agency-approved.
• Uses only public, non-authenticated source access; no private sessions, credentials, CAPTCHA bypass, private data, or agency mark is used.
• Rows are source-linked observations for review workflows, not professional guidance or agency determinations.

See Also

• NHTSA Recall Complaint Watch Scraper for vehicle recall and complaint reports.
• EPA ECHO Enforcement Facility Watch Scraper for enforcement facility reports.