# FDA Import Alerts Feed

> FDA Import Alerts Feed is a paid API for AI agents from ticks.bnm.farm, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns current FDA import alert records (Red List/DWPE entries) for food and agricultural products, sourced from FDA's import alert database.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ticks.bnm.farm/import-alerts
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fda-import-alerts-feed-f42089d8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dOi0aIQ6qm_d2I4hzgJu-

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fda-import-alerts-feed-f42089d8
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest FDA import alerts so I can check whether any current DWPE red-list entries involve meat or aquatic species suppliers from Australia.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, machine-readable feed of FDA import alerts (DWPE/red list) for food and agricultural products without scraping FDA's website directly. It abstracts the FDA accessdata portal into a clean JSON response. Prefer this over direct FDA scraping for reliability and ease of integration in compliance workflows, supplier vetting pipelines, or food safety monitoring agents.

## Known failure modes

- FDA data source unavailable — upstream fetch failure may return error status
- Stale data if FDA updates its import alert database faster than the cache refreshes
- No query filtering supported — returns full list, requiring client-side filtering
- HTTP 402 Payment Required if x402 payment is not included in the request
- Empty ticks array if no import alerts exist matching the configured product scope

## How this service works

Official public data as JSON. Unpaid paid routes return HTTP 402.

## Output

A JSON object containing an array of FDA import alert records, each with fields: firm name, list type (e.g. 'red'), DWPE type, country of origin, product description, alert number, date published, source URL, and a top-level asOf timestamp and fetch timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "asOf": "2026-08-17",
  "ticks": [
   {
    "asOf": "2026-08-17",
    "firm": "Clover Valley Meat Co.",
    "list": "red",
    "type": "DWPE",
    "country": "AUSTRALIA",
    "product": "Alligator & Crocodile, Other Aquatic Species — Crocodile",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_49.html",
    "alertNumber": "16-81",
    "datePublished": "06/08/2012"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/ialist.html",
  "status": "ok",
  "product": "fda-import-alerts",
  "records": [
   {
    "id": "16-81:red:Clover Valley Meat Co.:Alligator & Crocodile, Other Aquatic Species — Crocodile",
    "url": "https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_49.html",
    "date": "2012-06-08",
    "firm": "Clover Valley Meat Co.",
    "type": "import-alert"
   }
  ],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-18T00:56:39.767Z",
  "recordCount": 1
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fda-import-alerts-feed-f42089d8/health.json
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