You can access the FDA Device Recall Monitor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "buyerQuery": "buyer-ready records with source evidence",
<  "taskIntent": "buyer-ready-product-run",
<  "sourceMode": "startUrls",
<  "outputMode": "buyer-ready-records",
<  "startUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?limit=10&sort=report_date:desc"
<    }
<  ],
<  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
<  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
<  "sinceLastRun": false,
<  "deltaMode": true
<}' |
<apify call zentrafoundry/fda-safety-signal-monitor --silent --output-dataset

FDA device recall monitor — openFDA API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use FDA Device Recall Monitor locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

FDA Device Recall Monitor API in Python

FDA Device Recall Monitor API in JavaScript

FDA Device Recall Monitor OpenAPI definition

FDA Device Recall Monitor API

FDA Medical Device Alert Monitor

zentrafoundry/medical-device-alert-monitor

Live openFDA device alerts and enforcement rows. US FDA only. Not a safety certification. $0.02 / row.

Zentra

FDA Recall Lookup API

savagnic/fda-recall-lookup

Search the public openFDA device enforcement recall index with bounded queries.

NICHOLAS SAVAGE

FDA Device Recall Intelligence

wakey7dev/fda-device-recall-intelligence

Extract and normalize FDA medical device recall data with risk classification and company intelligence.

Chris Wakefield

FDA Device Recalls — MedTech CI & PV Lookup API

azureblue/medical-device-recall-scraper

Fetch FDA medical device recall records via OpenFDA. Filter by device name and date. Returns recall number, reason, risk class, company and recall status.

azureblue

FDA Drug Enforcement Monitor

zentrafoundry/fda-safety-signal-monitor-v2

Live openFDA drug enforcement rows (Try: Clindamycin Injection). US FDA only. Not a safety certification. $0.02 / row.

Zentra

FDA Recall Monitor

carranza-tech/fda-recall-monitor

Normalized FDA recall/enforcement records across food, drug & device categories from the openFDA API. Filter by category, date, classification, recipient state, and keyword. One unified schema.

Alfredo Carranza

OpenFDA Recall and Enforcement Monitor

bakos_bence/openfda-recalls

Query the public openFDA enforcement API for food, drug, or device recalls with Lucene search filters. One row per recall with firm, product, status, classification, and distribution fields. Unofficial; not affiliated with the FDA.

Bakos Bence

FDA Recall Monitor — Food, Drug & Device Enforcement Reports

eschalon/fda-recall-monitor

Track new FDA recall enforcement reports across food, drugs, and medical devices from the official openFDA API — classification, product, reason, firm, and distribution details.

Corey Kuwanoe

FDA Medical Device Recall Search

ryanclinton/fda-device-recalls

FDA Medical Device Recall Search queries the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's openFDA device enforcement endpoint to retrieve detailed, structured data about medical device recalls.

Ryan Clinton

FDA Recalls Scraper - Food, Drug & Device

benthepythondev/openfda-scraper

Scrape FDA recall / enforcement reports for food, drugs or medical devices: recall number, classification, status, product description, reason for recall, recalling firm, distribution, dates and location. Fast and reliable via the public openFDA API. For product-safety monitoring.