United States · Research & data · Issue #3 · 21/09 – 27/09
Current CPSC API returns 420 calendar-year 2025 recall records
A query of CPSC's official Recall Data API for recall dates from 1 January through 31 December 2025 returned 420 records when checked on 23 September 2026, not 422.
What the evidence says
The count comes from the live official API using its RecallDateStart and RecallDateEnd parameters. All 420 returned records carried 2025 recall dates, spanning 2 January to 18 December in the result checked. Because CPSC maintains a live dataset, later corrections or revisions can change the result; a reproducible publication should preserve the query URL, retrieval date and preferably a dated snapshot.
A recall-record count is not the same as the number of affected units, unique product models, injuries or level of consumer risk. The current official data also do not, without a consistently run historical series, support calling 2025 a record year.
Why it matters
The useful distinction
Using the official query and stating the method prevents a headline number from being detached from a changing dataset. It also avoids treating every recall record as equivalent in scale or severity.
This briefing is an independent summary of the evidence sources below. Context-only links are not used as factual authority. It does not establish that a product, organisation or listing is unsafe, unlawful or non-compliant beyond what the evidence reports.