Food Safety Statistics

Data and trends from 28,679 FDA food recalls and enforcement actions spanning 212 to 2026.

0 Total Recalls

0 Class I (Most Serious)

0 Class II

0 Voluntary Recalls

Food Recalls by Year

Number of FDA food recall enforcement actions initiated per year.

Top Recall Reasons

Most common reasons for FDA food recalls.

#	Reason	Recalls
1	Other	11,291
2	Listeria	7,311
3	Salmonella	3,519
4	Undeclared Allergens	2,359
5	Undeclared Milk	1,618
6	Foreign Object	899
7	Undeclared Soy	528
8	E. coli	527
9	Undeclared Wheat	468
10	Mislabeling	159

Top Recalling Firms

Companies with the most FDA food recall actions.

#	Firm	Recalls
1	Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc.	633
2	Newly Weds Foods Inc	438
3	FRESH IDEATION FOOD GROUP, LLC dba Fresh Creative Cuisine	409
4	Good Herbs, Inc.	353
5	C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.	330
6	Whole Foods Market	317
7	Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.	294
8	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	283
9	Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc	230
10	Sunland, Incorporated	219
11	Newly Weds Foods, Inc.	219
12	Target Corporation	201
13	High Liner Foods Inc.	190
14	Working Cow Homemade Inc.	175
15	Sunset Natural Products Inc.	173

Recalls by State

States where recalling firms are located.

#	State	Recalls
1	CA	3,870
2	TX	1,915
3	IL	1,869
4	NY	1,724
5	WA	1,406
6	WI	1,389
7	MI	1,377
8	FL	1,362
9	OH	1,214
10	OR	1,057
11	NJ	1,005
12	MA	935
13	PA	931
14	MN	857
15	MD	763
16	GA	679
17	NC	591
18	IA	414
19	NM	367
20	IN	347

About This Data

All food recall data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the openFDA enforcement database. Our database contains 28,679 recall enforcement actions spanning from 212 to 2026.

Class I is the most serious — reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death. Class II means temporary or medically reversible adverse effects, remote probability of serious harm. Class III is least serious — exposure not likely to cause adverse health consequences. Our database contains 12,670 Class I recalls, 14,345 Class II, and 1,662 Class III.

Most food recalls (28,276) are voluntary — the manufacturer or distributor initiates the recall after discovering a safety problem. Only 396 recalls in our database were mandated by the FDA. Regardless of type, the safety implications for consumers are the same.