MarketUnited States + United KingdomRecall and Safety Alert Watch
Find out that a raw material or supplier has already been recalled somewhere while it can still be kept out of the specification, instead of learning it from a pathogen result.
Which market this reads
What this check reads: United States + United Kingdom. No other market is covered.
Reads two registers live: the US FDA enforcement reports and the UK Food Standards Agency alerts. No EU-wide register is read, so a result set says nothing about what was withdrawn or flagged in the EU.
What it does
Searches published food recall and safety alert registers for an ingredient, product or hazard, and reports what was withdrawn, why, and by which authority.
Ask it like this
youHas anything been recalled for listeria that we should know about before we approve this dairy supplier?
You never name it yourself. Your assistant picks the right tool: recall_watch__search_us_recalls
What you give it
| What to give | Kind of value | Needed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | ingredient, pathogen or hazard, e.g. listeria, sesame, ethylene oxide |
| register | 'us_fda' | 'uk_fsa' | optional | which register to search, defaults to the US FDA enforcement reports |
What you get back
| What comes back | Kind of value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| matches | array | date, product, stated reason, hazard class, status |
| total_in_register | number | how many the register holds, so you can see if this is the whole answer |
| source | object | which register answered, and its licence |
| freshness | object | when it was fetched, and whether from cache |
| attribution | string | the credit the register licence requires |
Sources
- US FDA enforcement reports via openFDA (api.fda.gov), queried live
- UK Food Standards Agency food alerts (data.food.gov.uk), queried live
Who wrote this
Every capability is written by one named publisher. You see who stands behind an answer, and you can take the conversation further with them directly.
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How uncertainty is handled
This check reports a confidence score with every answer. Below 70 out of 100 nothing is guessed: the uncertain items go to a review queue and the answer comes back marked "needs review".
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