PlainRecalls

2015 Recall Year Insight

Federal agencies issued 8,173 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2015. That represents about 7.83% of the 104,423 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 22.4 recalls per day across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, and NHTSA combined. Year-level views are the cleanest way to see macro patterns: volume spikes often correlate with new regulatory priorities (e.g., infant-sleep products after 2021, lithium-ion batteries after 2022), supply-chain contamination events, or changes in agency enforcement intensity, while quiet years can reflect either genuine product-safety improvements or reduced agency staffing and reporting lag. With 164 pages at 50 recalls each, browsing this year end-to-end gives a statistically representative sample of what the federal recall pipeline looked like in 2015.

On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 15 critical, 30 moderate, and 5 lower-severity recalls. The page references 25 distinct recalling firms operating in 8 distinct product categories, with 39 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Food (21), NHTSA (11), FDA Drug (7), which matters because each agency's recall authority, hazard framing, and remedy mechanism differ, an FDA food recall, a CPSC consumer-product recall, and a NHTSA vehicle recall are legally distinct instruments even when the underlying hazard language sounds similar. Reviewing the dominant agency for a given year is one of the fastest ways to understand where federal attention was concentrated.

Year-indexed browsing serves three practical purposes: historical research (tracking how a hazard class evolved over time), consumer action (finding whether a product purchased in 2015 was later recalled), and journalistic or regulatory context (understanding what the enforcement landscape looked like in a given period). Every record on this page links to a full detail view with the hazard, remedy, distribution, and agency-assigned recall number, always use that recall number to verify current status directly with the issuing agency before acting on time-sensitive remedies, because agencies amend, terminate, and expand recalls in the months and years after initial publication. Data on this page reflects federal agency public filings; the agency's live record remains authoritative for legal, medical, or safety decisions. Verify with FDA openFDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, or NHTSA for the system-of-record on any specific recall. PlainRecalls indexes this archive for research and consumer awareness purposes.

FDA Devices Moderate Oct 28, 2015

TELETOM EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4 and 6 series TELETOM is designed for use in operating rooms, medical treatment rooms, intensive care units, or any area of a medical facility that requires a ceiling mounted device to supply power, medical gases, and data-communication services. TELETOM is designed to be used in rooms that have been constructed to meet National Fire Protection Association.

Berchtold Corp.

CPSC No agency class Oct 28, 2015

Burley Design Recalls Child Bicycle Trailers Due to Injury Risk

CPSC No agency class Oct 28, 2015

Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Avengers and Darth Vader Water Bottles Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Amax Enterprises (HK) Limited, of China

CPSC No agency class Oct 27, 2015

LaRose Industries Recalls Peanuts Flying Ace Ride-On Toys Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target

LaRose Industries, of Randolph, N.J.

NHTSA No agency class Oct 27, 2015

FORD,LINCOLN 2009-2010: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

FORD,LINCOLN

NHTSA No agency class Oct 27, 2015

FORD 2016: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL

FORD

NHTSA No agency class Oct 27, 2015

MERCEDES-BENZ 2016: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

MERCEDES-BENZ

NHTSA No agency class Oct 26, 2015

FORD 2016: SEAT BELTS

FORD

NHTSA No agency class Oct 26, 2015

VOLKSWAGEN 2015-2016: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

VOLKSWAGEN

NHTSA No agency class Oct 26, 2015

CHEVROLET,GMC,ISUZU 2006-2008: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

CHEVROLET,GMC,ISUZU

NHTSA No agency class Oct 26, 2015

MACK 2015: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

MACK

NHTSA No agency class Oct 26, 2015

BUICK,CHEVROLET,PONTIAC 2000-2004: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

BUICK,CHEVROLET,PONTIAC

USDA FSIS Critical Oct 26, 2015

Adolf's Meat Products Recalls Assorted Deli Meat Due to Possible Listeria Adulteration

Adolf's Meat Products

USDA FSIS Critical Oct 24, 2015

Whole Foods Market Recalls Curry Chicken Salad Product Due To Possible Listeria Adulteration

NHTSA No agency class Oct 23, 2015

HONDA 2001-2015: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

HONDA

NHTSA No agency class Oct 23, 2015

HONDA 2015-2016: STRUCTURE

HONDA

CPSC No agency class Oct 22, 2015

Build-A-Bear Recalls Stuffed Animals Due to Choking Hazard

CPSC No agency class Oct 22, 2015

L.L. Bean Recalls Knives with Sheath Due to Laceration Hazard

L.L. Bean Inc., of Freeport, Maine

CPSC No agency class Oct 22, 2015

United States Stove Company Recalls Pellet Stoves Due to Fire Hazard

NHTSA No agency class Oct 22, 2015

PONTIAC,SCION,TOYOTA 2006-2011: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

PONTIAC,SCION,TOYOTA

USDA FSIS Critical Oct 22, 2015

Shuler Meats Recalls Turkey Products Packaged Without the Benefit of Inspection

Shuler Meats, Inc.

USDA FSIS Critical Oct 22, 2015

Rustico Foods Recalls Packaged Soup Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Peach Sweet Potato, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Mango, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Caravelle ABC Cookies Banh Chu NET WT: 7oz (200gr) Product of Vietnam

Anhing Corporation

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Grape, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Berry Pear, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Sysco 25 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/22/2016; Always Save 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Best Choice 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/23/2016; Hy Top 5 pound All Purpose Flour: Best By 07/24/2016

Shawnee Milling Company, Inc.

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Peach Sweet Potato, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

French Burnt Peanuts, NET WEIGHT 8 OZ (227g) Old Time Candy.com Distributed by Old Time Candy Company LaGrange, OH 44050 www.oldtimecandy.com Ingredients: Dextrose, Citric Acid, Calcium Stearate, Artificial Flavors, Artificial Colors***. May Contain Milk And Soy.

Old Time Candy

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Pear, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Banana, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Variety Packs, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Apple, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include: 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Candy El Pecas Paleta de Sandia watermelon lollipops NET WT. 2.5oz

Perez Casas Enterprises, Inc.

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Glutinous Rice, Net WT. 1000 g, packaged in plastic bottles, UPC 6958020881168, Made in China

Win Luck Trading Inc

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Organic Apple, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Organic Apple Peach, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Pumpkin Cinnamon, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

GoGo SQueeZ Applesauce, Apple Strawberry, individually wrapped in foil pouch in cardboard carton; sizes include 4-pack, 12-pack, 16 pack, 18-pack, 20-pack, or 48-pack

Materne, North America

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

TASTEE Plain Caramel Apple, www.tasteeapple.com NET WT. 3 OZ 85g 0 35266 00027 3 "THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: MILK AND SOYBEAN***" TASTEE APPLE INC. NEWCOMERSTOWN, OH 43832

Tastee Apple Inc

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Candy El Pecas Mango Chile Net wt. 1.5oz. UPC: 6 66030 00009 2

Perez Casas Enterprises, Inc.

FDA Food Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Shawnee Milling Company Hotel And Restaurant Self Rising Climax Four Net 50 Lbs.; Always Save Self-Rising Flour Enriched Bleached Net Wt 5 LB (2.26kg) in waxed paper bag; Best Choice Flour Self-Rising Enriched Bleached Net Wt 5 LB (2.26 kg) in wax paper bag; HyTop Enriched Flour Bleached Self-Rising Net Wt 5 LB (2.27 kg) in waxed paper bag; Parade Enriched Flour Bleached Self-Rising Net Wt 5 LB (2.27kg) in waxed paper bag; Shawnee Best Self Rising Flour Bleached Enriched Pre-Sifted net Wt. 5 LB.

Shawnee Milling Company, Inc.

FDA Drug Moderate Oct 21, 2015

P-P-P (COBAL) 30-1-5/mL, Injection,Bedford Pharmacy, 209 Route 101, Bedford, NH 03110, (603) 472-3919

Bedford Pharmacy

FDA Drug Low Oct 21, 2015

Leader Loratadine Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP, 10 mg, 30-count tablets per box, Distributed by Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH 43017, NDC 37205-745-65, UPC 0 9629512322 7

Ohm Laboratories, Inc.

FDA Drug Low Oct 21, 2015

Sunmark loratadine Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP, 10 mg, packaged in a) 10-count tablets per box (NDC 49348-930-01, UPC 0 1093936544 6); and b) 30-count tablets per box (NDC 49348-930-44, UPC 0 1093934944 6) Distributed by McKesson, One Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104

Ohm Laboratories, Inc.

FDA Drug Low Oct 21, 2015

Safeway Care Loratadine Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP, 10 mg, packaged in a) 10-count tablets per box (NDC 21130-527-69, UPC 3 2113076240 9); b) 30-count tablets per box (NDC 21130-527-31, UPC 3 2113076252 2) Distributed by Safeway Inc. PO BOX 99, Pleasanton, CA 94566

Ohm Laboratories, Inc.

FDA Drug Low Oct 21, 2015

TopCare LORATIDINE ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLETS, , USP, 10 mg, packaged in a) Children's 10-count tablets per box (NDC 36800-528-69, UPC 0 3680010261 3); and b) 10-count tablets per box, (NDC 36800-527-69, UPC 0 3680008395 0); Distributed by Topco Associates, LLC, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.

Ohm Laboratories, Inc.

FDA Drug Moderate Oct 21, 2015

Acetylcysteine 10% Opthalmic Solution, Bedford Pharmacy, 209 Route 101, Bedford, NH 03110, (603) 472-3919

Bedford Pharmacy

FDA Drug Low Oct 21, 2015

Fenofibric Acid Tablets 105 mg, Rx only, labeled as a) FIBRICOR (fenofibric acid) Tablets, 30-count bottles, NDC 13310-102-07, UPC 3 13310-102-07 5; b) FIBRICOR (fenofibric acid) Tablets, 90-count bottles, NDC 13310-102-90, UPC 3 13310-102-90 7; Manufactured for: AR SCIENTIFIC, INC., Philadelphia, PA 19124 USA; by: MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC., Philadelphia, PA 19124 USA; and c) FIBRICOR (fenofibric acid) Tablets, 30-count bottles, NDC 49708-102-07, UPC 3 49708 10207 5; d) FIBRICOR (fenofib

Tribute Pharmaceuticals US Inc.

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Data Sources

  • Source: FDA openFDA Enforcement API - calendar-year recall filings for food, drugs, and devices
  • Source: USDA FSIS Recalls - calendar-year meat, poultry, and processed egg product recall filings
  • Source: CPSC + NHTSA - consumer product and vehicle recall feeds for 2015

Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA recall records; no number is typed in by an editor. Figures cover calendar year 2015 across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA federal recall feeds. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.