FDA
FDA food-safety recall announcements support timely consumer notices. The separate weekly openFDA enforcement data helps with older recall searches and extra record details; it is not used on its own to trigger public alerts.
Data Sources
Official records in, clearer information out.
RecallBite makes public records easier to search. It keeps the original agency record, a direct official link and the time it last checked the source.
USDA FSIS
RecallBite first uses the FSIS Recall API for meat, poultry and processed-egg notices. If it rejects a server request, RecallBite uses the official federal food-safety RSS feed and keeps the FSIS notice link.
UK Food Standards Agency
The FSA Food Alerts service provides product recalls, allergy alerts, affected products and consumer advice. Its data is available under the Open Government Licence.
Editorial accountability
Trevor Merrison, Founder, directs RecallBite’s public-information approach and correction route. As an early adopter of AI, he uses AI agents to help the site research sources, organise information and prepare drafts. All published items are produced under human direction. Material safety claims in Food at Home guides are checked against named primary sources. The issuing authority remains decisive for recall action and individual product matches.
Freshness
RecallBite marks FDA announcement, USDA FSIS and UK Food Standards Agency feeds as delayed if a successful source check is more than three hours old. The older openFDA enforcement feed uses an eight-day threshold and is not used on its own to trigger a new public alert. Each detail page shows its source-check status and the official notice remains decisive because it may change after a RecallBite check.