Product category · Updated Jun 3, 2026
Drugs & Medications recalls
Prescription and over-the-counter medication recalls
Drugs & Medications accounts for 14,056 recalls, about 13.8% of the federal recall archive, of which 9% of graded records are high-severity.
The FDA, CPSC and NHTSA have published 14,056 drugs & medications recalls between 2000 and 2026 - roughly 13.8% of the 101,704-record archive. Of the 14,056 records graded for severity, 9% are high-severity. Most are issued by FDA Drug. Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not a product's inherent danger.
- 14,056 total recalls
- 13.8% of the archive
- 9% graded high-severity
- FDA Drug top agency
Category snapshot
Drugs & Medications accounts for 14,056 recalls, about 13.8% of the 101,704-record federal archive, with 1,277 graded high-severity, most issued by FDA Drug.
- 14,056
- total recalls
- 9%
- graded high-severity
- FDA Drug
- top issuing agency
- 2000–2026
- years covered
Drugs & Medications recalls by year
2000–2026
Severity distribution
Graded records only
- High severity 1,277
High severity
1,277 recalls
- Moderate
Moderate
11,158 recalls
- Lower severity 1,621
Lower severity
1,621 recalls
Recalls by issuing agency
- FDA Drug
FDA Drug
12,927 recalls
- FDA Food 1,024
FDA Food
1,024 recalls
- CPSC 105
CPSC
105 recalls
Counts reflect market size and reporting activity, not inherent danger, we do not rank products by risk from raw recall volume.
Recalls in Drugs & Medications
Newest first · Page 282 of 282
CPSC, Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Announce Recall of Skil® Table Saws
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, of Mount Prospect, Ill.
CPSC, S&G Enterprises, Inc. Announce Recall of Statue of Liberty Cigarette Lighters
S&G Enterprises, of New York, N.Y.
CPSC, Brinkmann Announce Recall of Outdoor Tabletop Propane Heaters
The Brinkmann Corporation, of Dallas, Texas
CPSC, Leiner Health Products Announce Recall of Dietary Supplements Containing Iron
Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.
CPSC, The First Years Inc. Announce Recall to Replace "Elmo Nitelights"
First Years
Teething Rings Recalled by Whitehall-Robins Healthcare
Whitehall-Robins Healthcare
What to do with this
Monitoring drugs & medications? Start here.
- Check a specific product against the full federal archive before you use or buy it. Recall checker
- Most drugs & medications 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 Jun 3, 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 drugs & medications. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Jun 3, 2026.