Our mission

Make government safety information something every person can actually understand — and act on.

Recalls, complaints, and settlements are written for lawyers and compliance officers, not for the family holding the product. We think a warning you can’t understand isn’t really a warning at all. So we take the official record and answer the three questions you actually have: was my thing recalled, how dangerous is it, and what do I do now.

Why we exist

Every year, tens of thousands of products are pulled from shelves for being dangerous — and the notice that’s supposed to protect you is buried in a PDF, in language built to limit liability rather than to inform. People get hurt by things they were technically “warned” about. That gap between a notice exists and a person understood it in time is the entire reason GovInfoNow is here.

What we believe

Plain English, always

If a safety notice takes a law degree to understand, it has failed the person it was meant to protect. We rewrite every one so it takes a minute, not an afternoon.

Straight from the source

Every fact comes directly from the official agency record, and every page links back to it. No aggregators, no rewritten hearsay, no telephone game.

Free, for everyone

Knowing whether the thing in your home is dangerous should never sit behind a paywall or a login. It doesn’t here, and it never will.

Accuracy over everything

We never invent a detail. If the official notice doesn’t say it, neither do we — and when we’re not sure, we say that plainly.

What we cover

More than 75,000 recalls — plus hundreds of thousands of complaints and injury reports, and open refund and settlement programs — pulled directly from official U.S. government sources and refreshed on a schedule, so new notices appear here without anyone having to go looking for them:

CPSC — consumer products, toys, furniture, appliances
FDA — food, drugs, and medical devices
NHTSA — vehicles and vehicle equipment

For each one, we add a plain-English summary, a danger level, concrete next steps, and — where the agency publishes it — the manufacturer’s contact details, product photos, unit counts, and where the item was sold, so you can identify your product and act. Recalls are only half the story: defective products often end in refunds and settlements that go unclaimed because nobody hears about them, so we track those too.

How our summaries are made

Every recall starts as an official record published by a U.S. government agency (CPSC, FDA, NHTSA or USDA FSIS). We collect those records automatically every day, usually within a day of the agency posting them.

The plain-English summary, danger level, next steps and FAQ on each recall page are written by an AI language model. The model sees only that one recall’s official record and is instructed to explain it, never to add facts that are not in it. Its output is checked automatically for structure before it is published. It is not reviewed by a person before publication, and each recall page says so, names the model, and shows when the summary was written.

The facts on the page (the recall number, dates, product, hazard, remedy and company contact details) come from the agency record, and every page links to the official notice so you can check it yourself. The summary is an aid to understanding, never a replacement for that notice. If they disagree, the agency’s notice and the manufacturer’s instructions are correct.

New recalls show the date we first published them, and every summary shows when it was last written or updated. A summary is rewritten when the agency changes its record.

That is why each recall page is bylined “Plain-English summary generated from official [agency] data by GovInfoNow”. There is no individual author or editorial team behind a summary, and we don’t pretend there is.

Corrections

If a summary gets something wrong or leaves out something important, tell us. Every recall summary has a “Report an error on this page” link that opens an email with the recall already identified, or you can write to info@feralcat.xyz. We check the report against the official record and then fix the summary or take it down. Errors in the agency record itself need to be corrected by the agency, and we pick up their changes automatically.

Important: GovInfoNow is an independent service. We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the CPSC, FDA, NHTSA, or any government agency. If a recall affects your safety, follow the official notice and the manufacturer’s instructions. Nothing here is legal advice, and eligibility for any settlement is determined solely by that settlement’s administrator.

Who publishes it, and how to reach us

GovInfoNow is built and run by Carlos Caban, its founder and publisher, through Feral Cat, LLC. It’s an independent project built on the belief that public-safety information should be genuinely usable by the public. Feedback, corrections, and bug reports are genuinely welcome — if we’ve gotten a recall wrong, we want to know. Reach us at info@feralcat.xyz. The site shows Google AdSense display ads. There is no sponsored content, and no advertiser or company has any say in how a recall is described. Journalists and researchers: our monthly recall reports and press & data page explain how to cite and reuse our numbers.