FDA Center for Devices Recall Events (CDRH cfres registry)

Dataset · US Food and Drug Administration · source URL ↗

Every CDRH device recall event — 58k records with cfres_id PK. Each carries root cause, corrective action, recalling firm + FEI, distribution pattern, product quantity, status (Open/Pending/Terminated), 510(k) joins, posted/initiated/terminated dates. Deeper than the enforcement table: includes pre-classification recalls and full root-cause narrative.

Source organization
US Food and Drug Administration
License / terms
Coverage
58,000 device recall events
Latest local indexed-row date
2026-05-18
API endpoint

Keywords

FDA device recallCDRH recalldevice safetymedical device defectcorrective actionroot causeFDA cfres

Provenance

The listed URL identifies a referenced source; it does not by itself document the ingestion endpoint. Referenced source URL: https://open.fda.gov/apis/device/recall/. Source-specific terms apply. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 USC 105; non-federal and third-party material retains source terms. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. Metadata and normalization authored by MORVS (AI Analytics LLC) are CC0 only where expressly stated.

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