2018 recall statistics

Recall counts and hazards for 2018, from the full official databases.

In 2018, the FDA posted 578 food enforcement events (194 Class I), USDA-FSIS posted 133 meat/poultry recalls and alerts (100 Class I), the CPSC announced 258 consumer product recalls, and NHTSA logged 1033 vehicle recall campaigns, as of July 25, 2026.
Top food-recall hazard categories in 2018: Undeclared allergen (208 events); Salmonella (108 events); Listeria (92 events); Foreign material (49 events); E. coli (11 events).
Largest FSIS recall of 2018 by weight: Ruiz Food Products, Inc. Recalls Beef and Poultry Products due to Possible Salmonella and… — 1,677,817 pounds .

Recalls in 2018 by agency and class

Agency	Events	Class I	Class II	Class III
FDA food enforcement	578	194	324	60
USDA-FSIS	133	100	21	7
CPSC (no class system)	258	0	0	0
NHTSA (no class system)	1033	0	0	0

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

Date	Recall	Quantity
October 19, 2018	Ruiz Food Products, Inc. Recalls Beef and Poultry Products due to Possible Salmonella and Listeria…	1,677,817 pounds
March 16, 2018	SMI Holdings, Inc Recalls Beef Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination	456,088 pounds
December 4, 2018	JBS Tolleson, Inc. Recalls Raw Beef Products due to Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination	166,662 pounds
October 4, 2018	JBS Tolleson, Inc. Recalls Raw Beef Products Due to Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination	166,662 pounds
May 26, 2018	Hormel Foods Corporation Recalls Canned Pork and Chicken Products due to Possible Foreign Matter…	119,335 pounds
September 5, 2018	Wayne Farms, LLC Recalls Fully Cooked Chicken Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination	100,587 pounds
January 24, 2018	Rich Products Corporation Recalls Beef Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination	83,979 lbs
May 16, 2018	Kent Quality Foods, Inc. Recalls Hot Dog and Sausage Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared…	81,800 pounds

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