2023 Recalls

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team. · Updated August 2026

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2023 Recall Year Insight

Federal agencies issued 6,617 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2023. That represents about 6.51% of the 101,704 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 18.1 recalls per day across the FDA, CPSC, 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 133 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 2023.

On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 11 critical, 35 moderate, and 4 lower-severity recalls. The page references 28 distinct recalling firms operating in 7 distinct product categories, with 38 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Devices (20), NHTSA (12), FDA Food (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 2023 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, or NHTSA for the system-of-record on any specific recall. PlainRecalls indexes this archive for research and consumer awareness purposes.

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FDA Devices Moderate Feb 22, 2023

EVIS EXERA III Colonovideoscope-For endoscopy and endoscopic surgery within the lower digestive tract (including the anus, rectum, sigmoid colon, col…

Olympus Corporation of the Americas

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 22, 2023

SIEMENS Biograph mCT: a) Flow 64-4R Seismic, b) S(40)-3R Seismic, c) S(64)-3R Seismic, d) S(40)-4R Seismic, e) S(64)-4R Seismic, f) S(20)-3R Mobile

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 22, 2023

SIEMENS Biograph Vision: a) 450, b) 600, c) 600 Edge

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

FDA Devices Moderate Feb 22, 2023