2020 Recalls
6,048 federal recalls indexed for 2020 · Page 42 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 13 critical, 36 moderate, and 1 lower-severity recalls. The page references 29 distinct recalling firms operating in 8 distinct product categories, with 44 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Food (29), FDA Devices (7), NHTSA (6), 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.
PAPR (Powered Air-Purifying Respirator) - Model# WLPAPR20W1
Whirlpool Corporation
Alaris EtCO2 Module Model 8300 - Product Usage: is intended to provide trained healthcare caregivers a way to automate the programming of infusion parameters, thereby decreasing the amount of manual steps necessary to enter infusion data.
CareFusion 303, Inc.
Cytocell LPH533-A NUP98 Distal Probe Green - Product Usage:The NUP98 Distal probe, labelled in green, consists of a 151kb probe distal to the NUP98 gene, covering the ZNF195 gene and the D11S4731 marker. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a technique that allows the visualisation of DNA sequences upon chromosomes.
Cytocell Ltd.
Bariatric Bed Frame System The Citadel Plus Bariatric Bed Frame System is intended for the acute and post-acute care environments. It is not intended for use in the home care environment.
ARJOHUNTLEIGH POLSKA Sp. z.o.o.
Chembio DPP¿ Micro Reader II for use with the DPP¿ COVID-19 IgM/IgG System- Rapid immunochromatographic test for the qualitative detection and differentiation of Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in fingerstick whole blood, venous whole blood, serum, or plasma (lithium heparin or EDTA. Model Number: 70-1070-0
Chembio Diagnostics, Inc
Smart Stapes Protheses Piston 0.4mm X 5.25 mm- Partial Ossicular Replacement Catalog Number: 70142168
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Alaris PCA Module Model 8120 - Product Usage: is intended to provide trained healthcare caregivers a way to automate the programming of infusion parameters, thereby decreasing the amount of manual steps necessary to enter infusion data.
CareFusion 303, Inc.
CMP Group Recalls Dock Ladders Due to Laceration Hazard
Communicorp Recalls Plush Aflac Doctor Duck Due to Violation of Federal Lead Content Ban; Lead Poisoning Hazard
Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company, of Santa Clarita, Calif.
KENWORTH,PETERBILT 2020-2021: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
KENWORTH,PETERBILT
AUDI,VOLKSWAGEN 2020-2021: SEATS
AUDI,VOLKSWAGEN
VOLKSWAGEN 2020-2021: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
VOLKSWAGEN
VOLVO 2018-2020: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
VOLVO
Oberto Snacks, Inc. Recalls Smoked Sausage Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen
Oberto Snacks Inc.
woom bikes USA Recalls Children's Helmets Due to Risk of Head Injury (Recall Alert)
Aurorasports Ltd., of China
FORD,LINCOLN 2020: AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
FORD,LINCOLN
BMW 2021: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
BMW
Pain Au Levain Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 16 oz (454 g). UPC 0 08613 10013 1. The product label is read in parts: "***Pain Au Levain Bread ***Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, water, sourdough culture, sea salt ***San Francisco Street BAKERY, Olympia, WA ***".
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Poppy Seed Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: POPPY SEED BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Poppy Seed, Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Iron Drops (UPC 729609000098) liquid Dietary Supplement, 1 oz/30 mL amber glass bottle packaged in an individual product carton that includes a 1 mL oral syringe dispenser.
Wellements LLC
Kouign-Amann Pastry available in plastic clamshell 4-packs with Whole Foods Market scale labels, a PLU code 26739400000
Whole Foods Market
UpSpring Baby Iron + Immunity MULTI + IRON + ZINC Promotes nutrition For Healthy Growth + Immune System Support For Infants 4 months + Natural Grape Flavor Easy To Use Dropper Dietary Supplement NET WT 2 FL OZ (60 ML)UPC No: 859188006805 packaged in dark brown glass bottles and placed in paper carton with dropper supplier in carton
Upspring,ltd
Hostess Raspberry Zingers, Raspberry Iced Cake With Creamy Fillling, packaged in the following ways: 1) in boxes containing 10 cakes Net Wt. 13.4 OZ (380 g) UPC 88109110604 and 2) in clear plastic bags containing 3 cakes Net Wt. 4.02 OZ (114 g) UPC 888109010089
Hostess Brands, LLC
Everything Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: EVERYTHING BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Onion, Poppy Seed, Sesame Seed, Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Strongbrew CBD Infused Cold Brew Coffee, 12oz can, KEEP REFRIGERATED, UPC: 71203869615
Uncommon Canning LLC
Iron Drops Sampler (UPC 729609000098) liquid Dietary Supplement, 1 oz/30 mL, (2 mL fill) amber glass bottle packaged in an individual product carton that includes a 1 mL oral syringe dispenser.
Wellements LLC
Marketside Peanut Butter Brownie, Net Wt. 19 oz, Distributed by Walmart Inc. Bentonville, AR
James Skinner Baking Co.
Pesto Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: PESTO BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Felic Acid), Pesto (Basil, Canola Oil, Water, Parmesan Cheese (pasteurized part-skim cows' milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes) Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Sweeteeth O-Snap! (White Chocolate & Ginger Snaps) Chocolate Bar, NET WT. 3 OZ. (85.05G), Manufactured by: Sweeteeth Chocolate LLC. 1204 McNew St. Hanahan, SC 29410 www.evopizza.com, Best By: 07/28/2021, UPC 7 36211 11895 0
Sweeteeth Chocolate LLC
Plain Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: PLAIN BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Italian Farm Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 23 oz (652 g). UPC 0 08613 10005 6. The product label is read in parts: "***Italian Farm Bread ***Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, cracked wheat, wheat bran, sea salt, yeast. Contains: Wheat ***San Francisco Street BAKERY, Olympia, WA ***".
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Island Spring Organics Extra Firm Organic Tofu, brand iXF-W12. Product is packaged in small square shapes into vacuum sealed pouches, net wt. 12 oz. Product is refrigerated. UPC is 0 74899 00006 9. The product label is read in parts: "***ISLAND SPRING ORGANICS Extra Firm Tofu***Net Wt. 12 oz. (340 grams)***IslandSpringOrganics.com, Vashon, WA 98070***".
Island Spring Inc
Strongbrew Cold Brew Coffee, 12oz can, KEEP REFRIGERATED, UPC: 898577002141
Uncommon Canning LLC
Sesame Seed Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: SESAME SEED BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Felic Acid), Sesame Seed, Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Garlic Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: GARLIC BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Felic Acid), Garlic, Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Desem Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 22 oz. UPC 0 08613 10001 8. The product label read: "***desem ***Ingredients: stone ground organic whole wheat flour, water, organic wheat flour, sourdough culture, organic unhulled sesame seeds, sea salt *** San Francisco Street Bakery *** Olympia, WA***".
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Onion Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: ONION BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Onion, Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Iron (III) Hydroxide Polysaccharides Complex in 25kg polyethylene drums manufactured by Chaitanya Biologicals Pvt. Ltd, Buldhana, India
Advanced Compounds International, Inc.
Olive Levain Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 16 oz (454 g). UPC 0 088613 10014 8. The product label is read in parts: "***Olive Levain Bread ***Ingredients: unbleached bread flour, water, calamata olives, sourdough culture, sea salt ***San Francisco Street BAKERY, Olympia, WA ***".
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Garden Cut Organic Coleslaw w/ Carrots, retail unit packaged in 1lb clam-shell, 4 retail units per wholesale case, retail unit UPC: 053495081016
Indianapolis Fruit Company, Inc.
Rosemary Garlic French Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 14 oz (400 g). UPC 0 08613 10008 7. The product label is read in parts: "***Rosemary Garlic French Bread***Ingredients: Unbleached Wheat Flour, Water, Sea Salt, Garlic, Yeast, Rosemary. Contains: Wheat***San Francisco Street BAKERY, Olympia, WA ***".
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Sourdough Rye Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Sold as an individual unit through on-site retail store bulk display, net weight unknown. No UPC.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Salt Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: SALT BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Water, Yeast, Brown Sugar.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
French Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. French Bread sold as an individual unit through the firm's on-site retail store, net weight unknown. No UPC.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Cheddar Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: CHEDDAR CHEESE BAGEL: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (color), Potato Starch, Com Starch, Powdered Cellulose) Water, Salt Yeast, B
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Packaged in flex poly bags for bulk or various quantities specific to customer order. No UPC. The bagel bulk product label read: CINNAMON RAISIN BAGELS: Bread Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Vitamin C, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Salt Yeast, Brown Sugar, Raisins, Cinnamon.
San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.
Ear Itch MD Anti-Itch Spray (pramoxine HCL 1%) 0.5 FL OZ (15 mL) bottles, Eosera, Inc. 5000 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76115, NDC 72429-0071-5, UPC 851722007125
Eosera, Inc.
All Clean Hand Sanitizer, Fresh Scent, 1 Liter bottles, Ethyl Alcohol 70.00%, Produced by Eskbiochem SA de CV Ave Mexico Japon 50 Celaya, Gto. Mexico 38010, Distributed by All Clean Natural LTD, UPC Code 6 28055 37013 0
Itech 361 LLC
Clobetasol Propionate Cream USP, 0.05%, a) 15 g tube, NDC: 60429-902-15; b) 45 g tube, NDC: 60429-902-45, Rx Only, For External Use Only, Not for Ophthalmic Use, Mfd by: Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc. Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6T 1C1, Marketed by: Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. Camarillo, CA 93012.
Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Day & Night Pack Ear Itch MD Anti-Itch Spray (pramoxine HCL 1%), 0.5 FL OZ (15 mL) bottles/Ear Itch MD Nighttime Intensive Soothing Spray (pramoxine HCL 1%), 0.5 FL OZ (15 mL) bottles, Eosera, Inc. 5000 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76115, NDC 72429-0071-5
Eosera, 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.