CPSC Product Recall Marketplace Watch Scraper

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.

Store Quickstart

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.

Run the next report

• Monitor vehicle recalls and complaints with NHTSA Recall Complaint Watch Scraper.
• Monitor EPA enforcement facility updates with EPA ECHO Enforcement Facility Watch Scraper.

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.