What is Recall Canary
Recall Canary is a read-only aggregator of U.S. federal product recalls from four agencies: FDA, FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA. Data is refreshed twice daily. Nothing on this site is user-submitted; every record originates from a federal agency feed.
Data provenance
- Each recall carries an agency label identifying its source (FDA, FSIS, CPSC, or NHTSA).
- Severity is editorial. Severity badges are labeled to distinguish Recall Canary's severity mapping from any classification assigned by the source agency.
- Display titles, summaries, and consumer actions are editorially formatted for clarity. Original agency text is always available via the comparison section on each recall page.
Accuracy and flagging
Every recall page has a "Report an issue" link. Use it if any information appears inaccurate or misleading.
Frequently asked questions
Where does Recall Canary data come from?
Every record on this site originates from one of four U.S. federal agency feeds: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Recall Canary is read-only and never accepts user-submitted recalls.
How often is data updated?
Twice daily. The ingest workflow fires at 01:00 and 13:00 UTC, which corresponds to roughly 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time (anchored to PST, so the local-clock time drifts by one hour during U.S. daylight saving). Each cycle pulls fresh records from all seven upstream feeds across the four agencies; recall pages typically reflect new agency postings within a few hours of their publication.
How is severity determined?
Severity is rule-derived per agency. FDA and FSIS recalls inherit the agency's own Class I / Class II / Class III rating (Class I maps to CRITICAL, Class II to MODERATE, Class III to LOW). NHTSA recalls escalate to CRITICAL when the agency sets a do-not-drive advisory or a park-outside fire-risk flag. CPSC publishes no public severity field, so CPSC recalls are categorized as UNKNOWN and render without a severity badge. Editor-created (ADMIN) recalls take an operator-supplied value. Every visible severity badge carries a hover tooltip that names the source of its provenance, so you can always tell whether a rating came from the agency or from Recall Canary's mapping.
Can I reuse this data?
Yes. The underlying recall records are works of the U.S. federal government and are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105). Recall Canary's editorial layer (display titles, summaries, consumer-action text, and severity mappings) is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY-4.0). Redistribution of the editorial layer is permitted with attribution to "Recall Canary" and a link back to the source page. See /data-license for the full terms.
Who runs Recall Canary?
Recall Canary is an independent project, not affiliated with any federal agency. For corrections, partnership inquiries, or general questions, email hello@recallcanary.com. Methodology and data-source choices are documented on this page and at /data-license.
Licensing
Data license: see /data-license. This site is independently operated.
Contact
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Disclaimer
Recall Canary is an aggregator. It does not constitute medical, legal, or safety advice. For authoritative guidance, consult the originating agency or a qualified professional. Recall Canary makes no warranty as to the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of the editorial layer, and accepts no liability for decisions made on the basis of its content.