Product category · Updated May 27, 2026
Cosmetics & Personal Care recalls
Cosmetics and personal care product recalls
Cosmetics & Personal Care accounts for 1,057 recalls — about 1.1% of the federal recall archive, of which 18% of graded records are high-severity.
The FDA, CPSC and NHTSA have published 1,057 cosmetics & personal care recalls between 2001 and 2026 — roughly 1.1% of the 100,165-record archive. Of the 1,057 records graded for severity, 18% are high-severity. Most are issued by FDA Drug. Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not a product's inherent danger.
- 1,057 total recalls
- 1.1% of the archive
- 18% graded high-severity
- FDA Drug top agency
Category snapshot
Cosmetics & Personal Care accounts for 1,057 recalls — about 1.1% of the 100,165-record federal archive, with 188 graded high-severity, most issued by FDA Drug.
- 1,057
- total recalls
- 18%
- graded high-severity
- FDA Drug
- top issuing agency
- 2001–2026
- years covered
Cosmetics & Personal Care recalls by year
2001–2026
Severity distribution
Graded records only
- High severity 188
High severity
188 recalls
- Moderate
Moderate
812 recalls
- Lower severity 57
Lower severity
57 recalls
Recalls by issuing agency
- FDA Drug
FDA Drug
642 recalls
- FDA Food
FDA Food
370 recalls
- CPSC 45
CPSC
45 recalls
Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not inherent danger — we do not rank products by risk from raw recall volume.
Recalls in Cosmetics & Personal Care
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Hair Dryers Recalled Due to Electrocution Hazard
CPSC, Generic Value Products Announce Recall of GVP Hair Straightening Irons
Generic Value Products, of Omaha, Neb.
CPSC, JAKKS Pacific Announce Recall of "Spit Smatter" Spray Foam
JAKKS Pacific Inc., of Malibu, Calif.
CPSC, Remington Products Co., LLC Re-Announce Recall of Hairdryers Firm Offering Free Upgraded Replacement Hairdryer
CPSC, Remington Products Co., LLC Announce Recall of Hairdryers
CPSC, Pebco Inc. Announce Recall of Hairdryers
Tree Wound and Grafting Compound Recalled by the Tanglefoot Co.
The Tanglefoot Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich.
What to do with this
Monitoring cosmetics & personal care? Start here.
- Check a specific product against the full federal archive before you use or buy it. Recall checker
- Most cosmetics & personal care recalls come from FDA Drug — browse that agency's full feed. FDA Drug recalls
- Sort the whole archive by severity to see the highest-risk active recalls first. Rankings
Recall categorization follows the issuing agency's product taxonomy; always confirm specifics on the official notice.
Nearby categories
Adjacent product categories that share hazard patterns or regulatory oversight.
Data sources
- Source: FDA — openFDA Enforcement API (food, drug, and device recalls)
- Source: CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls
- Source: NHTSA — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Recalls (vehicles & equipment)
Category data as of May 27, 2026.
Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC and NHTSA recall records — no number is typed in by an editor. Category counts and the year trend are computed across the full archive for cosmetics & personal care. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 27, 2026.