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

In October 2025, FDA's weekly Enforcement Reports listed 204 recall events covering 642 product records, 183 of them Class I (the most serious). CPSC announced 51 consumer-product recalls. The most common food recall cause was undeclared allergens (21 events).

204FDA recall events+35% vs previous month (151)+18% vs a year earlier (173)
183Class I FDA product records+169% vs previous month (68)+266% vs a year earlier (50)
69FDA food recall events+68% vs previous month (41)+82% vs a year earlier (38)
51CPSC consumer-product recalls+155% vs previous month (20)+168% vs a year earlier (19)

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, October 2025
TypeEventsProduct recordsClass IClass IIClass III
Food & cosmetics6916489678
Drugs37117210114
Medical devices98361922681
All FDA20464218343623

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

Compared with last month and last year

October 2025 compared with the previous month and the same month a year earlier
MeasureOctober 2025September 2025October 2024
FDA recall events204151 (+35%)173 (+18%)
FDA product records642405 (+59%)474 (+35%)
Class I product records18368 (+169%)50 (+266%)
Food recall events6941 (+68%)38 (+82%)
Drug recall events3730 (+23%)23 (+61%)
Device recall events9880 (+23%)112 (−12%)
CPSC recalls5120 (+155%)19 (+168%)

What caused food recalls in October 2025

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

Food recall events by cause, October 2025
CauseEventsShare
Undeclared allergens2130%
Listeria monocytogenes1725%
Other or labeling issues913%
Foreign material (metal, plastic, glass…)913%
Processing, temperature or sanitation problems46%
Salmonella34%
Chemical contaminants or toxins34%
Other pathogens (Cyclospora, hepatitis A, botulism…)23%
E. coli (STEC)11%

Which allergens were undeclared

One event can name more than one allergen.

Undeclared allergens in food recall events, October 2025
CauseEventsShare
Tree nuts829%
Wheat518%
Milk414%
Sesame414%
Peanut27%
Crustacean shellfish27%
Egg14%
Soy14%
Sulfites14%

Firms with the most food product records

  1. WHOLESALE PRODUCE SUPPLY LLC DBA — 11 product records in 1 event
  2. Albertsons Companies LLC — 10 product records in 1 event
  3. Black Sheep Egg Company, LLC — 10 product records in 1 event
  4. Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative — 9 product records in 1 event
  5. Nate's Fine Foods, LLC — 9 product records in 1 event

Class I food recalls

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Why drugs were recalled in October 2025

Drug recall events by reason, October 2025
CauseEventsShare
Potency, dissolution or specification failures1130%
Impurities, contamination or particulates1027%
Lack of sterility assurance514%
Manufacturing practice (CGMP) deviations514%
Labeling or packaging errors38%
Other reasons25%
Unapproved or tainted products13%

Class I drug recalls

Consumer-product (CPSC) recalls in October 2025

CPSC recalls by hazard, October 2025
CauseRecallsShare
Fire or burn2243%
Suffocation, entrapment or strangulation1631%
Choking or ingestion36%
Falls36%
Crash or impact injury36%
Other injury hazards12%
Poisoning (incl. child-resistant packaging)12%
Laceration12%
Drowning12%

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, October 2025: FDA & CPSC Recalls by the Numbers,” analysis of openFDA and CPSC recall data, www.recalledornot.com/recall-report/2025-10

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