Methodology

How we source recall data

Every record on this site originates from an official government safety registry. We do not write recalls; we index them. Our pipeline pulls from, among others: the EU Safety Gate (RAPEX), US FDA and CPSC, Health Canada, Transport Canada, NHTSA, France’s RappelConso, Germany’s BVL Lebensmittelwarnung, the UK’s DVSA, FSA and OPSS, Ireland’s FSAI, Australia’s ACCC, and the OECD GlobalRecalls portal.

What we add

Aggregation and cross-referencing. When the same barcode appears in several national registries we link the records, because products recalled in one country are frequently still sold in another. We normalise dates, identifiers and categories so records can be compared.

Current coverage limits

We do not currently index pharmaceutical (drug) recalls; that lane is deliberately out of scope. Recall notices published in languages other than English (for example from the French and German registries) are presented in their original official wording, clearly labelled, rather than machine-translated — accuracy beats fluency for safety information.

What we never do

We never alter the substance of an official notice, never publish a recall without a source link, and never give advice beyond “follow the official notice”. Each page shows when the record was last checked against its registry.