2022 recall statistics

Recall counts and hazards for 2022, from the full official databases.

In 2022, the FDA posted 438 food enforcement events (170 Class I), USDA-FSIS posted 69 meat/poultry recalls and alerts (41 Class I), the CPSC announced 292 consumer product recalls, and NHTSA logged 1051 vehicle recall campaigns, as of July 25, 2026.
Top food-recall hazard categories in 2022: Undeclared allergen (167 events); Listeria (53 events); Foreign material (50 events); Salmonella (48 events); Lead / heavy metals (13 events).
Largest FSIS recall of 2022 by weight: Foster Farms Recalls Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken Patty Products Due to Possible Foreign… — 71,800 pounds .

Recalls in 2022 by agency and class

Agency	Events	Class I	Class II	Class III
FDA food enforcement	438	170	240	28
USDA-FSIS	69	41	5	0
CPSC (no class system)	292	0	0	0
NHTSA (no class system)	1051	0	0	0

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

Date	Recall	Quantity
October 29, 2022	Foster Farms Recalls Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken Patty Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter…	71,800 pounds
May 7, 2022	Wayne Farms, LLC Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Fillet Products That May Be Undercooked	53,909 pounds
April 29, 2022	Wayne Farms, LLC Recalls Ready-to-Eat Chicken Breast Fillet Products That May Be Undercooked	53,909 pounds
November 16, 2022	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. Recalls Raw Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter…	22,945 pounds
May 20, 2022	Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Recalls A Ready-To-Eat Bacon Topping Products Due to Possible…	22,270 pounds
September 24, 2022	Behrmann Meat and Processing Inc. Recalls Various Ready-to-Eat Meat Products Due to Possible…	20,715 pounds
January 6, 2022	Interstate Meat Dist. Inc., Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. Coli O157:H7…	18,304 pounds
July 20, 2022	MSI Express Inc. Recalls Unilever Food Solutions U.S. Knorr Curry Chicken and Rice Soup Mix…	16,498 pounds

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