2019 recall statistics

Recall counts and hazards for 2019, from the full official databases.

In 2019, the FDA posted 502 food enforcement events (175 Class I), USDA-FSIS posted 131 meat/poultry recalls and alerts (100 Class I), the CPSC announced 241 consumer product recalls, and NHTSA logged 963 vehicle recall campaigns, as of July 25, 2026.
Top food-recall hazard categories in 2019: Undeclared allergen (180 events); Foreign material (78 events); Listeria (70 events); Salmonella (48 events); E. coli (24 events).
Largest FSIS recall of 2019 by weight: Tip Top Poultry, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria… — 5,000,000 pounds .

Recalls in 2019 by agency and class

Agency	Events	Class I	Class II	Class III
FDA food enforcement	502	175	285	42
USDA-FSIS	131	100	26	0
CPSC (no class system)	241	0	0	0
NHTSA (no class system)	963	0	0	0

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

Date	Recall	Quantity
September 28, 2019	Tip Top Poultry, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination	5,000,000 pounds
October 14, 2019	Kenosha Beef International Recalls Seasoned Beef Products due to Possible Foreign Matter…	1,265,040 pounds
November 6, 2019	Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. Recalls Poultry Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination	1,208,462 pounds
January 29, 2019	Tyson Foods, Inc. Recalls Chicken Nugget Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination	319,055 pounds
February 1, 2019	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Recalls Breaded Popcorn Chicken Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter…	97,420 pounds
July 26, 2019	Kent Quality Foods, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Sausage Products due to Possible Foreign Matter…	67,397 pounds
April 5, 2019	J&J Snack Foods Handhelds Corp. Recalls Stuffed Sandwich Products due to Possible Foreign Matter…	63,909 pounds
May 22, 2019	Aurora Packing Company, Inc. Recalls Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination	48,122 pounds

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