US Food Recalls 2026

A food recall is an action to remove a food product from the market because it is unsafe or violates FDA regulations — for example contamination with bacteria (such as Listeria or Salmonella), an undeclared allergen, or an undeclared color additive. In the US, the FDA publishes these as Food Enforcement Reports. Recalls may be initiated by the company or requested by the FDA.

Do not eat it. Check the FDA enforcement record for the exact product description, lot codes and UPCs affected, then return the product to the store you bought it from for a refund, or throw it away. If you have an allergy named in the recall, do not consume the product even in small amounts. If you feel unwell after eating a recalled product, contact your doctor or call 911 in an emergency.

The FDA assigns each recall a class based on health risk. Class I is the most serious — there is a reasonable probability that eating the product will cause serious health problems or death. Class II means temporary or medically reversible health effects are possible. Class III means the product is unlikely to cause harm but violates FDA labeling or manufacturing rules. In this period, 48 of the 100 recalls were Class I.

Among the 100 most recent FDA food enforcement recalls, the leading reasons are microbial contamination (43 recalls), undeclared allergen (26 recalls), undeclared color additive (24 recalls), foreign material (3 recalls). Microbial contamination and undeclared allergens are consistently the biggest drivers of US food recalls.

Every recall on this page is a real record from the openFDA Food Enforcement Reports API, published by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as public-domain data. The data covers the 100 most recent US food enforcement recalls (2026-05-27 to 2026-06-17). This is neutral factual reporting of official safety actions; always check the linked FDA record for the authoritative, up-to-date detail.