About Recall Canary

Where do the recalls come from?

From four U.S. federal agencies, starting with recalls from 2026. Each recall page names its agency and links to the agency’s own notice.

An FDA recall is here when the FDA first published it on or after January 1, 2026, even if the company began it earlier. A USDA FSIS, CPSC or NHTSA recall is here when it was announced on or after January 1, 2026 and reached us within 180 days of that announcement.

Older recalls, recalls by other federal agencies, and recalls by state or local agencies or other countries are not on Recall Canary. USDA recalls are issued by its Food Safety and Inspection Service, which recall lists call FSIS.

• FDA recalls

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  Food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and pet food.

• USDA FSIS recalls

  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service

  Meat, poultry and egg products.

• CPSC recalls

  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

  Consumer products: toys, furniture, appliances, clothing and more.

• NHTSA recalls

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Vehicles, tires, car seats and vehicle equipment.

How often is the site updated?

We check every agency at least once a day, and the FDA, USDA FSIS and CPSC again on weekday afternoons. FDA announcements are checked every two hours from morning to early evening, Eastern time, every day.

What does Recall Canary write, and what comes from the agency?

With the help of AI, we write each recall’s title and summary from the agency’s notice. The “What to do” steps come from the notice’s own instructions. If we have no instructions from the notice, the page says so; FDA recall pages then show the FDA’s general advice for that kind of product, linked to fda.gov.

A longer summary, when a page has one, is labelled “Summary by Recall Canary from the FDA notice” (or whichever agency issued the recall), or “From the FDA notice” when it uses only the notice’s own sentences. Recall pages with a summary say “Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI” at the bottom. Every recall page links the agency’s notice. If our text and the notice ever disagree, the notice is right.

How is risk rated?

The risk level on a recall comes from the agency that issued it, never from us. The FDA and USDA FSIS rate recalls by how much harm the product could do. NHTSA can tell owners not to drive a vehicle or to park it outside. CPSC does not rate recalls. A recall the agency did not rate shows no level.

What each risk level means

Can I reuse the data?

Yes. Recall records the agencies write are U.S. government works, so they are in the public domain. Some notices the FDA posts are announcements written by the recalling company; those words are the company’s, and we quote them as published. Our own text is free to reuse under the CC BY 4.0 license if you: credit "Recall Canary" and link to the page you copied it from; note the date and time you copied it; and, where you reuse text AI helped write, say so.

The full terms are in the data license.

Who runs Recall Canary?

An independent project, not affiliated with the FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, NHTSA or any other government agency.

To report a mistake or ask a question, email hello@recallcanary.com. For a mistake, include the address of the recall page.