2020 Recalls
6,048 federal recalls indexed for 2020 · Page 23 of 121
2020 Recall Year Insight
Federal agencies issued 6,048 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2020. That represents about 5.79% of the 104,423 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 16.6 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 121 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 2020.
On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 12 critical, 35 moderate, and 3 lower-severity recalls. The page references 30 distinct recalling firms operating in 7 distinct product categories, with 42 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Devices (18), FDA Food (10), FDA Drug (9), 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 2020 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.
Crate and Barrel Recalls Danish Tall Bookcases Due to Risk of Collapse; Injury Hazard to Consumers
Jakks Pacific Recalls to Repair Morfboard® Skate & Scoot Scooters Due to Fall Hazard
VOLKSWAGEN 2016-2018: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
VOLKSWAGEN
AUDI 2020: SEATS
AUDI
Taher, Inc. Recalls Meat Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
Taher, Inc.
FREIGHTLINER,WESTERN STAR 2018-2019: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
FREIGHTLINER,WESTERN STAR
Peloton Recalls PR70P Bike Pedals Due to Laceration Hazard (Recall Alert)
Sales BSD Recalls Homerygardens Extension Cord Splitters Due to Fire Hazard (Recall Alert)
Sales BSD Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y.
BUICK,CADILLAC,CHEVROLET,GMC 2020: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
BUICK,CADILLAC,CHEVROLET,GMC
CHEVROLET 2014: SEAT BELTS:FRONT
CHEVROLET
FORD 2019-2020: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
FORD
FORD 2020: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM
FORD
RAM 2014-2019: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
RAM
Meal Simple Taco Seasoned Salmon Over Fire Roasted Vegetables and Grains, Net WT. 10.8 oz (306g), Use By Date of 2020-9-24.
TAMPA BAY FISHERIES INC
Ground cinnamon. Packaged in bulk 50 lb. corrugated boxes with inside liner.
Kalustyan Corp.
"Nettle Meadow Artisan Cheese *** Habanero Peach Fromage Frais***Contains pasteurized goat and cows milk*** 5 oz."
LuMaZu, LLC dba Nettle Meadow
"Nettle Meadow Artisan Cheese *** Roasted Red Pepper Fromage Frais***Contains pasteurized goat and cows milk***5 oz."
LuMaZu, LLC dba Nettle Meadow
"Nettle Meadow Artisan Cheese ***Apple Cider Fromage Frais*** Contains pasteurized goat and cows milk*** 5 oz."
LuMaZu, LLC dba Nettle Meadow
"Nettle Meadow Artisan Cheese *** Truffle Fromage Frais***Contains pasteurized goat and cows milk*** 5 oz."
LuMaZu, LLC dba Nettle Meadow
Tim Campbell Farm flat parsley in wooden crate. Neither Net weight nor quantity stated on label; product is 30 count.
Tim Campbell Farm LLC
"Nettle Meadow Artisan Cheese *** Fig Honey Fromage Frais*** Contains pasteurized goat and cows milk*** 5 oz.***"
LuMaZu, LLC dba Nettle Meadow
SKIPPY Super Chunk Peanut Butter 16.3oz UPC: 00037600110723 packaged in non-flexible plastic container
Hormel Foods Corporation
Ground Cinnamon 2% (CASSIA) packaged in 50 pound bag
Advanced Spice & Trading, Inc.
Diethylpropion, 25 mg tablets, Rx only, Distributed by: Calvin Scott & Co. Inc. Albuquerque, NM 87123; MFG. Lannett Company, Philadelphia, PA 19136, NDC 00527-1475-01
Calvin Scott & Company, Inc.
Losartan Potassium 100 mg, 30 Tabs bottles, Rx only, Packaged and Distributed By: Direct Rx Dawsonville, GA 30534 NDC 61919-952-30
Direct Rx
Phentermine, 30 mg capsules, Rx only, Distributed by: Calvin Scott & Co. Inc. Albuquerque, NM 87123; MFG. Lannett Company, Philadelphia, PA 19136, NDC 00527-0597-10
Calvin Scott & Company, Inc.
Ranitidine 300 mg, 30 Tabs bottles, Rx only, Packaged and Distributed By: Direct Rx Dawsonville, GA 30534 NDC 61919-455-30
Direct Rx
NYSTATIN ORAL SUSPENSION, USP 100,000 units per mL Contains: Alcohol 0.5% v/v (Bubblegum Flavored) 16 fl. oz. (480 mL) Manufactured by: VistaPharm, Inc. Largo FL 33771, USA NDC 66689-008-16 UPC 6668900816,
VistaPharm, Inc.
Diethylpropion, 75 mg tablets, Rx only, Distributed by: Calvin Scott & Co. Inc. Albuquerque, NM 87123; MFG. Lannett Company, Philadelphia, PA 19136, NDC 00527-1477-01
Calvin Scott & Company, Inc.
Citalopram Oral Solution, USP 20 mg/10 mL, 10 mL unit dose cups, Rx Only, Mfg for: Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. Greenville, SC 29605 NDC 0121-1696-40
PAI Holdings, LLC. dba Pharmaceutical Associates Inc
Nature-Throid 1 GR (65 mg), Each Tablet Contains: Thyroid USP 1 GR (65 mg), Liothyronine (T3) 9 mcg, Levothyroxine (T4) 38 mcg, 100 Tablets per bottle, Rx Only, Pkg By PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Oklahoma City, OK 73127, NDC 43063-819-01.
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ranitidine 150 mg, a) 60 Tabs (NDC 61919-339-60); and b) 90 Tabs (NDC 61919-339-90) bottles, Rx only, Packaged and Distributed By: Direct Rx Dawsonville, GA 30534
Direct Rx
NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS, INC. Precice Bone Transport Antegrade Femur Trochanter 10 Degree Bend Component of the orthopedic Precice Bone Transport System of intramedullary nail, locking screws, reusable instruments, and hand-held External Remote Controller (ERC).
Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics Inc
Ultrasound Navigation Software 1.0 and Ultrasound Integration Software for Cranial/ENT Navigation 3.0.x and 3.1.x - Product Usage: intended to be an intra-operative image guided localization system to enable minimally invasive surgery.
Brainlab AG
ACUSON AcuNav Volume Intracardiac Echocardiography Catheter 12.5F
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
DJO EMPOWR Tibial Knee Punch Handle Part No. 801-05-040 and 801-05-018 contained in Instrument Tray for EMPOWR Porous Knee - Product Usage: The Tibial Punch Handle is used in conjunction with one of three appropriately sized Tibial Punch Guides to broach the tibial canal in preparation for the tibial baseplate keel.
Encore Medical, LP
Biomet ONPOINT SCOPE PROCEDURE KIT-EU Item Number: 24-3055
Biomet, Inc.
Quick Release Gait Belt, 60
Medline Industries Inc
VGDF-SKY (R4-010-06) VGA TO FIBER CONVERTER-Single Format Faceplate, a component of the SkyVision Linx 300 Integration Control System Model: VGDF-SKY (version 2). For communication and visual image management in the operating room suite.
Skytron, Div. The KMW Group, Inc
BELLATEK TITANIUM ABUTMENT 4.1MM Reference Number: EDAT4
Biomet 3i, LLC
Biomet ARTHROSIMPLICITY KIT EU Item Number: 24-4055
Biomet, Inc.
Kit Model #650301018, MTO Vascular Surgery - Cleveland Clinic PG - Product Usage: NAMIC Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology (IR) Kits consist of any combination of devices from the NAMIC Fluid Management finished good product families and potentially other devices designed and manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (OEM).
Medline Industries Inc
Kit Model #65021652, MTO Left Heart Kit United Reg Health - Product Usage: NAMIC Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology (IR) Kits consist of any combination of devices from the NAMIC Fluid Management finished good product families and potentially other devices designed and manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (OEM).
Medline Industries Inc
Biomet Regenerex Primary Taper Cap Item Number 141269
Biomet, Inc.
Kit Model #650600111, MTO Left Heart St Francis Hosp - PG - Product Usage: NAMIC Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology (IR) Kits consist of any combination of devices from the NAMIC Fluid Management finished good product families and potentially other devices designed and manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (OEM).
Medline Industries Inc
Kit Model #65220955, MTO Left Heart Kit VA Med San Francisco - Product Usage: NAMIC Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology (IR) Kits consist of any combination of devices from the NAMIC Fluid Management finished good product families and potentially other devices designed and manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (OEM).
Medline Industries Inc
CERTAIN BELLATEK TITANIUM ABUTMENT 5.0MM Reference Number: IEDAT5
Biomet 3i, LLC
Bard Conquest PTA Balloon dilation Catheter, 6mm x 40mm, 75 cm, Cat. No. CQ7564, UDI: (01) 00801741062902 - Product Usage: use in Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of the femoral, iliac, and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc
CERTAIN BELLATEK TIN ABUTMENT 4.1MM Reference Number: IEDAN4
Biomet 3i, LLC
Neoprobe GDS Control Unit, Model Number NPCU3
Devicor Medical Products Inc
Nearby Recall Years
Browse recalls from adjacent calendar years to see how federal enforcement volume has shifted over time.
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 2020
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 2020 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.