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U.S. product recalls in January 2025: the numbers

In January 2025, FDA's weekly Enforcement Reports listed 180 recall events covering 474 product records, 91 of them Class I (the most serious). CPSC announced 25 consumer-product recalls. The most common food recall cause was Salmonella (15 events).

180FDA recall events+112% vs previous month (85)+8% vs a year earlier (167)
91Class I FDA product records+333% vs previous month (21)−12% vs a year earlier (103)
46FDA food recall events+100% vs previous month (23)+21% vs a year earlier (38)
25CPSC consumer-product recalls+19% vs previous month (21)+47% vs a year earlier (17)

FDA recalls by product type and class

An FDA recall event is one firm's recall action; it can list many product records (sizes, flavors, lots). Class I means a reasonable probability of serious harm or death; Class II, temporary or reversible harm; Class III, unlikely to cause harm.

FDA recall events and product records by type and class, January 2025
TypeEventsProduct recordsClass IClass IIClass III
Food & cosmetics4611053543
Drugs345483412
Medical devices100310302791
All FDA1804749136716

Class columns count product records, as FDA classifies each record.

Compared with last month and last year

January 2025 compared with the previous month and the same month a year earlier
MeasureJanuary 2025December 2024January 2024
FDA recall events18085 (+112%)167 (+8%)
FDA product records474197 (+141%)438 (+8%)
Class I product records9121 (+333%)103 (−12%)
Food recall events4623 (+100%)38 (+21%)
Drug recall events3420 (+70%)28 (+21%)
Device recall events10042 (+138%)101 (−1%)
CPSC recalls2521 (+19%)17 (+47%)

What caused food recalls in January 2025

Counted per recall event, by the main cause named in FDA's reason for recall.

Food recall events by cause, January 2025
CauseEventsShare
Salmonella1533%
Undeclared allergens1124%
Listeria monocytogenes613%
Foreign material (metal, plastic, glass…)511%
Processing, temperature or sanitation problems49%
Other or labeling issues24%
E. coli (STEC)24%
Chemical contaminants or toxins12%

Which allergens were undeclared

One event can name more than one allergen.

Undeclared allergens in food recall events, January 2025
CauseEventsShare
Milk525%
Soy525%
Wheat315%
Peanut210%
Tree nuts210%
Egg15%
Fish15%
Sulfites15%

Firms with the most food product records

  1. Gracie's Kitchens Inc. — 34 product records in 1 event
  2. Cal Yee Farm LLC — 11 product records in 1 event
  3. Grimmway Enterprises, Inc. dba Grimmway Farms — 5 product records in 1 event
  4. RUSS DAVIS WHOLESALE — 5 product records in 1 event
  5. First Quality Produce — 4 product records in 1 event

Class I food recalls

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Why drugs were recalled in January 2025

Drug recall events by reason, January 2025
CauseEventsShare
Impurities, contamination or particulates1338%
Potency, dissolution or specification failures618%
Unapproved or tainted products412%
Lack of sterility assurance39%
Labeling or packaging errors39%
Manufacturing practice (CGMP) deviations39%
Other reasons26%

Class I drug recalls

Consumer-product (CPSC) recalls in January 2025

CPSC recalls by hazard, January 2025
CauseRecallsShare
Fire or burn936%
Falls624%
Choking or ingestion416%
Crash or impact injury312%
Suffocation, entrapment or strangulation28%
Laceration14%

Largest CPSC recalls by units

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Method and sources

  • FDA: openFDA enforcement data for food, drugs and devices, by report_date — the weekly FDA Enforcement Report the record appeared in, not the day the firm began the recall. FDA also publishes records after classification, so a recall can appear weeks after it started.
  • CPSC: the CPSC Recalls API, by recall date. Unit counts are the largest figure CPSC states for each recall.
  • Causes are grouped by keyword matching on the official reason or hazard text, first match wins. Treat category shares as approximate; the linked records are authoritative.
  • Not included: USDA FSIS meat, poultry and egg-product recalls, and NHTSA vehicle recalls.
  • Recent months are refreshed every six hours for about six weeks while agencies add late records; older months are refreshed monthly.

How to cite this report

You are welcome to quote these figures with a link to this page:

Recalled or Not?, “U.S. Recall Report, January 2025: FDA & CPSC Recalls by the Numbers,” analysis of openFDA and CPSC recall data, www.recalledornot.com/recall-report/2025-01

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