# recallsapi.com

> recallsapi.com: US recall data from CPSC, FDA (food, drug and device enforcement reports) and NHTSA (USDA FSIS coming soon), normalized into one schema, with product matching by name, brand, UPC, model, NDC and lot, seller catalog monitoring with email and signed webhook alerts, a REST API and an MCP server. Sold by PrimeZen LLC (Texas).

- API base URL: https://api.recallsapi.com. Send the API key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. A free key (opt-in) is emailed after `POST https://api.recallsapi.com/v1/keys` with `{"email": "..."}`.
- MCP server: https://api.recallsapi.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, JSON responses). Tools: check_product, search_recalls, check_vehicle, get_recall.
- Every match has a confidence level (exact, strong, possible) and reasons; every recall links to its agency notice and has an as-of date. Show the source link with every answer.
- A match is information to review against the agency notice, not a safety, legal or compliance determination. No match is not a safety certification.

## Docs

- [Quickstart](https://recallsapi.com/docs/): create an API key with POST /v1/keys and make a first /v1/check call with curl
- [Check and search](https://recallsapi.com/docs/check): GET /v1/check inputs, normalization, exact/strong/possible confidence, batch checks, /v1/recalls search and the recall object
- [Catalog monitoring](https://recallsapi.com/docs/monitoring): catalogs, JSON and CSV item upload with accepted column names, matches, dismiss, email and webhook alerts, signature verification in Node and Python
- [Vehicles](https://recallsapi.com/docs/vehicles): NHTSA campaigns by VIN or make, model and year; VIN-specific status is confirmed at nhtsa.gov
- [MCP server](https://recallsapi.com/docs/mcp): endpoint, tools, and config for Claude Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop with a bearer header
- [Data and sources](https://recallsapi.com/docs/data): agencies, update cadence, identifiers, confidence levels, /v1/health freshness, source links and known gaps
- [Errors and limits](https://recallsapi.com/docs/errors): error codes, quotas, rate-limit headers and size limits

## API

- [OpenAPI 3.1 description](https://recallsapi.com/openapi.json): REST endpoints, parameters and schemas (also at https://api.recallsapi.com/openapi.json)
- [Source freshness](https://api.recallsapi.com/v1/health): live status of every source, no key needed

## Optional

- [Pricing](https://recallsapi.com/pricing): Free, Starter $29, Growth $79 and Scale $199 a month (a year is 10 times the monthly price), by daily calls, catalogs, monitored products and alerts
- [Full documentation text](https://recallsapi.com/llms-full.txt): every docs page in one file
- [Terms of service](https://recallsapi.com/terms): effective 2026-10-06
- [Privacy policy](https://recallsapi.com/privacy): effective 2026-10-06
- [Disputes and corrections](https://recallsapi.com/disputes): how a company named in a record asks for a correction