2015 recall statistics

Recall counts and hazards for 2015, from the full official databases.

In 2015, the FDA posted 583 food enforcement events (303 Class I), USDA-FSIS posted 157 meat/poultry recalls and alerts (102 Class I), the CPSC announced 305 consumer product recalls, and NHTSA logged 971 vehicle recall campaigns, as of July 25, 2026.
Top food-recall hazard categories in 2015: Undeclared allergen (289 events); Listeria (83 events); Salmonella (81 events); Foreign material (35 events); E. coli (11 events).
Largest FSIS recall of 2015 by weight: Sanderson Farms Recalls Poultry Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination — 8,199,872 pounds.

Recalls in 2015 by agency and class

Agency	Events	Class I	Class II	Class III
FDA food enforcement	583	303	246	34
USDA-FSIS	157	102	40	12
CPSC (no class system)	305	0	0	0
NHTSA (no class system)	971	0	0	0

Conservative keyword classification of FDA + FSIS recall reasons; uncategorized reasons are omitted, never guessed.

Date	Recall	Quantity
September 24, 2015	Sanderson Farms Recalls Poultry Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination	8,199,872 pounds
August 25, 2015	Kraft Heinz Foods Company Recalls Turkey Bacon Products Due To Possible Adulteration	755,717 pounds
October 2, 2015	Aspen Foods Recalls Frozen, Raw, Stuffed & Breaded Chicken Products Due to Possible Salmonella…	544,412 pounds
July 15, 2015	Aspen Foods Recalls Frozen, Raw, Stuffed & Breaded Chicken Products Due to Possible Salmonella…	544,412 pounds
August 31, 2015	Recall Notification Report 118-2015 (Beef Patties)	118,881 pounds
December 22, 2015	Bellisio Foods, Inc. Recalls Boneless Pork Rib Frozen Entree Products Due To Possible Foreign…	94,626 pounds
June 17, 2015	Recall Notification Report 093-2015 (Poultry Products )	74,210 pounds
November 19, 2015	Nation Pizza Recalls Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens	41,930 pounds

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