2017 recall statistics

Recall counts and hazards for 2017, from the full official databases.

In 2017, the FDA posted 699 food enforcement events (315 Class I), USDA-FSIS posted 145 meat/poultry recalls and alerts (104 Class I), the CPSC announced 280 consumer product recalls, and NHTSA logged 897 vehicle recall campaigns, as of July 25, 2026.
Top food-recall hazard categories in 2017: Undeclared allergen (304 events); Listeria (127 events); Salmonella (81 events); Foreign material (57 events); E. coli (25 events).
Largest FSIS recall of 2017 by weight: Marathon Enterprises Inc. Recalls Hot Dog Products Due to Possible Extranous Material… — 1,142,000 pounds.

Recalls in 2017 by agency and class

Agency	Events	Class I	Class II	Class III
FDA food enforcement	699	315	347	37
USDA-FSIS	145	104	22	9
CPSC (no class system)	280	0	0	0
NHTSA (no class system)	897	0	0	0

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

Date	Recall	Quantity
July 15, 2017	Marathon Enterprises Inc. Recalls Hot Dog Products Due to Possible Extranous Material Contamination	1,142,000 pounds
June 2, 2017	Correctional Industries Airway Heights Food Operations Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products Due…	871,380 pounds
February 15, 2017	Century Packing Corp. Recalls Chicken Sausage Products Due To Misbranding	293,808 pounds
March 19, 2017	H & B Packing Co., Inc. Recalls Boneless Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O103 Contamination	250,872 pounds
September 29, 2017	Belmont Sausage Co. Recalls Smoked Turkey Drumstick Products Due To Misbranding and Undeclared…	240,347 pounds
March 23, 2017	OK Food Inc. Recalls Breaded Chicken Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination	237,501 pounds
May 13, 2017	Green Chile Food Company Recalls Meat and Poultry Burrito Products Due to Possible Listeria…	108,097 pounds
June 9, 2017	Gourmet Boutique LLC Recalls Ready-To-Eat Breaded Chicken Products Due to Misbranding and…	79,069 pounds

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