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

In December 2025, FDA's weekly Enforcement Reports listed 170 recall events covering 602 product records, 101 of them Class I (the most serious). CPSC announced 33 consumer-product recalls. The most common food recall cause was undeclared allergens (16 events).

170FDA recall events+16% vs previous month (147)+100% vs a year earlier (85)
101Class I FDA product records+63% vs previous month (62)+381% vs a year earlier (21)
57FDA food recall events+43% vs previous month (40)+148% vs a year earlier (23)
33CPSC consumer-product recalls−17% vs previous month (40)+57% vs a year earlier (21)

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, December 2025
TypeEventsProduct recordsClass IClass IIClass III
Food & cosmetics5714585564
Drugs24621538
Medical devices89395153719
All FDA17060210148021

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

Compared with last month and last year

December 2025 compared with the previous month and the same month a year earlier
MeasureDecember 2025November 2025December 2024
FDA recall events170147 (+16%)85 (+100%)
FDA product records602422 (+43%)197 (+206%)
Class I product records10162 (+63%)21 (+381%)
Food recall events5740 (+43%)23 (+148%)
Drug recall events2424 (no change)20 (+20%)
Device recall events8983 (+7%)42 (+112%)
CPSC recalls3340 (−17%)21 (+57%)

What caused food recalls in December 2025

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

Food recall events by cause, December 2025
CauseEventsShare
Undeclared allergens1628%
Salmonella1018%
Chemical contaminants or toxins712%
Other or labeling issues611%
Foreign material (metal, plastic, glass…)611%
Listeria monocytogenes59%
Other pathogens (Cyclospora, hepatitis A, botulism…)59%
E. coli (STEC)24%

Which allergens were undeclared

One event can name more than one allergen.

Undeclared allergens in food recall events, December 2025
CauseEventsShare
Soy424%
Milk318%
Tree nuts318%
Wheat318%
Sulfites212%
Peanut16%
Crustacean shellfish16%

Firms with the most food product records

  1. CHETAK NEW YORK LLC — 52 product records in 1 event
  2. Moonlight Packing Corporation — 11 product records in 1 event
  3. A New Life Herbs, LLC — 9 product records in 1 event
  4. Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc — 7 product records in 1 event
  5. First & Last Tavern — 3 product records in 1 event

Class I food recalls

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Why drugs were recalled in December 2025

Drug recall events by reason, December 2025
CauseEventsShare
Impurities, contamination or particulates833%
Other reasons417%
Potency, dissolution or specification failures417%
Labeling or packaging errors313%
Manufacturing practice (CGMP) deviations313%
Lack of sterility assurance28%

Class I drug recalls

Consumer-product (CPSC) recalls in December 2025

CPSC recalls by hazard, December 2025
CauseRecallsShare
Suffocation, entrapment or strangulation824%
Fire or burn721%
Choking or ingestion618%
Falls515%
Laceration39%
Drowning39%
Other injury hazards13%

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, December 2025: FDA & CPSC Recalls by the Numbers,” analysis of openFDA and CPSC recall data, www.recalledornot.com/recall-report/2025-12

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