openfda_recall_monitor
Monitor FDA food, drug, and device recalls plus adverse-event reports and drug labels by date range, using optional openFDA search filters for focused results.
Instructions
FDA Recalls & Adverse Events Monitor returns food, drug and device recalls, drug and device adverse-event reports, and drug labels from openFDA — one flat, scored row per record for a date range you choose. Billed to your own Apify account: ~$0.002 per result (Apify free-plan price, lower on paid plans).
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| dataset | Yes | Dataset — Choose which openFDA dataset to query. Enforcement datasets are product recalls; event datasets are adverse-event reports; drug-label returns FDA drug label (SPL) documents. Options: food-enforcement = Food recalls (enforcement); drug-enforcement = Drug recalls (enforcement); device-enforcement = Device recalls (enforcement); drug-event = Drug adverse events (FAERS); device-event = Device adverse events (MAUDE); drug-label = Drug labels (SPL). Example: "food-enforcement". | |
| maxItems | No | Max items — Enter the maximum number of records to return, e.g. 100. Results are fetched 100 at a time (limit=100&skip=...) until this many are collected or the dataset runs out. | |
| sinceDays | No | Since days — Enter how many days back to search, e.g. 30. Filters the dataset's report_date (enforcement) or receivedate/date_received (events) field; ignored for drug-label, which has no report date. | |
| searchQuery | No | openFDA search query — Optional. A raw openFDA search expression, ANDed with the date range, e.g. recalling_firm:"Nestle" or classification:"Class I". Leave blank to fetch every record in the date range. See https://open.fda.gov/apis/query-syntax/ |