# Vextorium FDA Recalls

> Vextorium FDA Recalls is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Retrieves recent US FDA product recall/withdrawal records for drugs, food, or medical devices, with optional keyword search and result limit.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/fda-recalls?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vextorium-fda-recalls-84a88cea
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4OrPcmr2mrrH0haw1Qbsw

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 vextorium-fda-recalls-84a88cea -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check the FDA recall database for recent food recalls — search for 'Salmonella', give me up to 20 results?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, searchable access to the US FDA recall database across drugs, food, and medical devices in a single call. Prefer it over scraping FDA.gov directly or building your own openFDA integration, especially when you need filtered results by keyword and a clean JSON response ready for agent consumption. It is ideal for compliance checks, food safety monitoring, and public health alerting workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid type enum value — must be one of 'drugs', 'food', or 'medical_devices'
- Limit out of range — must be an integer between 1 and 50
- Search term returns zero results — total_matches will be 0 and withdrawals will be empty
- Network timeout or upstream openFDA API unavailability
- Malformed request body — missing required fields returns an error

## How this service works

Recalls enforced by the US FDA for drugs, food or medical devices, latest or by keyword: product, reason, risk class (I-III), company, country, distribution and status. openFDA data (CC0). Not medical advice.

## Output

A JSON object containing the product type queried, a source attribution (openFDA), a list of withdrawal records (each with date, recall class, recall number, reason, status, company, country, product description, and distribution area), and the total number of matching records in the FDA database.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "type": {
   "enum": [
    "drugs",
    "food",
    "medical_devices"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "1-50 (default 10)"
  },
  "search": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "type": "food",
  "source": "openFDA (US FDA, CC0). Not medical advice.",
  "withdrawals": [
   {
    "date": "20260923",
    "class": "I (riesgo grave)",
    "number": "H-1339-2026",
    "reason": "Sprouts may be contaminated with STEC E. coli and/or Salmonella.",
    "status": "Ongoing",
    "company": "Everything Sprouts, LLC",
    "country": "United States",
    "product": "Everything Sprouts Crunchy Protein Sprout Mix, containing Alfalfa Fenugreek, Cabbage, Mung, Adzuki, Lentils, Green Pea, Net Wt. 5.0 oz (142 g) UPC 0 87906-01018 7.  everythingsprouts.com",
    "distribution": "MN, WI"
   },
   {
    "date": "20260923",
    "class": "I (riesgo grave)",
    "number": "H-1364-2026",
    "reason": "Potential contamination with Salmonella.",
    "status": "Ongoing",
    "company": "Taylor Fresh Foods Inc",
    "country": "United States",
    "product": "Tomato Salsa Fresca. Ingredients: Tomatoes, Yellow Onion, Red Onion, Cilantro, Jalapeno Pepper, Garlic, Salt, Ground Cumin, Lemon Juice. Net Wt: 4 lbs. Keep Refrigerated.",
    "distribution": "Domestic: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VT, WI, WV. Foreign: Not applicable."
   }
  ],
  "total_matches": 3684
 }
}
```

## More

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