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

In April 2025, FDA's weekly Enforcement Reports listed 178 recall events covering 420 product records, 56 of them Class I (the most serious). CPSC announced 34 consumer-product recalls. The most common food recall cause was undeclared allergens (26 events).

178FDA recall events+27% vs previous month (140)+24% vs a year earlier (144)
56Class I FDA product records−5% vs previous month (59)−14% vs a year earlier (65)
55FDA food recall events+34% vs previous month (41)+34% vs a year earlier (41)
34CPSC consumer-product recalls+6% vs previous month (32)+17% vs a year earlier (29)

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, April 2025
TypeEventsProduct recordsClass IClass IIClass III
Food & cosmetics557723486
Drugs35974885
Medical devices88246292170
All FDA1784205635311

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

Compared with last month and last year

April 2025 compared with the previous month and the same month a year earlier
MeasureApril 2025March 2025April 2024
FDA recall events178140 (+27%)144 (+24%)
FDA product records420338 (+24%)379 (+11%)
Class I product records5659 (−5%)65 (−14%)
Food recall events5541 (+34%)41 (+34%)
Drug recall events3527 (+30%)20 (+75%)
Device recall events8872 (+22%)83 (+6%)
CPSC recalls3432 (+6%)29 (+17%)

What caused food recalls in April 2025

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

Food recall events by cause, April 2025
CauseEventsShare
Undeclared allergens2647%
Other or labeling issues1324%
Foreign material (metal, plastic, glass…)916%
Chemical contaminants or toxins35%
Other pathogens (Cyclospora, hepatitis A, botulism…)24%
Listeria monocytogenes12%
Processing, temperature or sanitation problems12%

Which allergens were undeclared

One event can name more than one allergen.

Undeclared allergens in food recall events, April 2025
CauseEventsShare
Milk930%
Soy827%
Wheat517%
Egg27%
Peanut27%
Sesame27%
Tree nuts13%
Sulfites13%

Firms with the most food product records

  1. AKT Trading Inc. — 6 product records in 1 event
  2. NEW YORK WHOLESALE GROUP — 4 product records in 1 event
  3. Request Foods Incorporated — 4 product records in 1 event
  4. All American Trading Of Houston, Inc. — 3 product records in 1 event
  5. Craftmark Bakery, LLC — 3 product records in 1 event

Class I food recalls

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Why drugs were recalled in April 2025

Drug recall events by reason, April 2025
CauseEventsShare
Impurities, contamination or particulates1337%
Lack of sterility assurance617%
Manufacturing practice (CGMP) deviations617%
Potency, dissolution or specification failures514%
Labeling or packaging errors39%
Other reasons26%

Class I drug recalls

Consumer-product (CPSC) recalls in April 2025

CPSC recalls by hazard, April 2025
CauseRecallsShare
Fire or burn1029%
Suffocation, entrapment or strangulation824%
Choking or ingestion515%
Falls515%
Laceration26%
Drowning26%
Other injury hazards13%
Crash or impact injury13%

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, April 2025: FDA & CPSC Recalls by the Numbers,” analysis of openFDA and CPSC recall data, www.recalledornot.com/recall-report/2025-04

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