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Monthly Recall Report · FDA, CPSC, NHTSA & USDA data

September 2026 Recall Report

Every U.S. recall record the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA published in September 2026, counted and sorted: who recalled what, why, and how it compares with earlier months.

465recall records
20%rated stop using now*
91contamination, sterility or manufacturing (CGMP)
22vehicle campaigns

Still filling in. FDA publishes enforcement reports weekly, and the last ones for September 2026 are not in our data yet. FDA numbers on this page will rise; month-to-month comparisons are held back until they are complete.

Summary

In September 2026 U.S. agencies published 465 recall records that GovInfoNow tracks: 385 from FDA, 53 from CPSC, 22 from NHTSA and 5 from USDA FSIS.

FDA's enforcement reports for the end of September 2026 are not all in our data yet, so this month's FDA count will rise. We hold off on comparing it with other months until they are.

Medical devices made up the largest share (220, 47%).

Sorting each record by the reason the agency gave, the most common hazards were contamination, sterility or manufacturing (CGMP) (91), labeling, dosing or quality defects (72) and salmonella (46).

Of the 428 recalls our plain-English summaries have rated so far, 84 (20%) were rated “stop using now”.

Medline had the most records (60). FDA files one record per product, so one recall event can account for many of these.

Among vehicles, Ford had the most NHTSA recall campaigns (10).

Download the Sep 2026 data (CSV, 465 rows) · How to cite · Methodology

Recalls per month

The last 13 months, including September 2025 for a year-on-year view. Hatched bars are months whose FDA reports are still arriving.

September 2025: 471 records471Sep ’25October 2025: 754 recordsOctNovember 2025: 513 recordsNovDecember 2025: 695 recordsDecJanuary 2026: 367 recordsJan ’26February 2026: 516 recordsFebMarch 2026: 364 recordsMarApril 2026: 645 recordsAprMay 2026: 586 recordsMayJune 2026: 659 recordsJunJuly 2026: 570 recordsJulAugust 2026: 425 records425AugSeptember 2026: 465 records (FDA reports still arriving)465Sep
Recall records per month by agency
MonthTotalFDACPSCNHTSAUSDA FSISStop using now*
Sep 2026FDA partial4653855322520%
Aug 20264253465319727%
Jul 20265704855524615%
Jun 20266595824429412%
May 20265865014140416%
Apr 20266455367531319%
Mar 20263642862944514%
Feb 20265164216228520%
Jan 20263672775039117%
Dec 20256956043352614%
Nov 20255134224050121%
Oct 20257546455151716%
Sep 2025471404204257.7%

* Share of the recalls our plain-English summaries have rated (stop using now, use caution or lower risk); unrated records are left out.

By agency

Agency
Agencyrecordsshare
FDA38583%
CPSC5311%
NHTSA224.7%
USDA FSIS51.1%

By category

Category
Categoryrecordsshare
Medical devices22047%
Food9520%
Drugs6915%
Consumer products5311%
Vehicles224.7%
Meat, poultry & eggs51.1%
Pet food10.2%

Top hazards

Each record is sorted into one bucket by keywords in the reason the agency gave (first match wins, so a Listeria finding counts as Listeria, not as contamination).

Hazard
Hazardrecordsshare
Contamination, sterility or manufacturing (CGMP)9120%
Labeling, dosing or quality defects7215%
Other or not stated4911%
Salmonella469.9%
Lead, chemicals or poisoning449.5%
Falls, cuts and other injuries357.5%
Fire, burns or electric shock306.5%
Device or part malfunction286.0%
Undeclared allergens194.1%
Choking or swallowing183.9%
Vehicle crash risk132.8%
Foreign material (metal, plastic, glass)112.4%
Suffocation, strangulation or drowning51.1%
Listeria30.6%
E. coli10.2%

Most-recalled brands and firms

FDA files one record per product, so a single recall event covering many products shows up many times here.

Brand or firm
Brand or firmrecordsshare
Medline6013%
Taylor Fresh Foods245.2%
AVID Medical143.0%
Accord Healthcare122.6%
Baxter Healthcare122.6%
Cardinal Health122.6%
Ford112.4%
Howmedica112.4%
Baxter91.9%
ICU Medical91.9%
Fresenius Medical Care81.7%
NatureBest81.7%

Vehicle recalls by make

Make
Makecampaignsshare
Ford1045%
Rivian29.1%
Volvo29.1%
Cadillac14.5%
Chevrolet14.5%
Forest River14.5%
Harley-Davidson14.5%
Honda14.5%
Lincoln14.5%
Midwest Automotive Design14.5%

By make and model

Make and model
Make and modelcampaignsshare
Ford F-150314%
Ford Expedition29.1%
Ford Focus29.1%
Volvo Vnl (4)29.1%
Cadillac Optiq14.5%
Chevrolet Silverado 150014.5%
Ford Escape14.5%
Ford Explorer14.5%
Ford Mustang14.5%
Forest River Cedar Creek14.5%

NHTSA’s primary model per campaign; one campaign often covers several models and years. Check your car by VIN.

Rated “stop using now”

Showing 12 of 84; the CSV has them all.