---
title: "List United States Medical Device Recalls records"
method: GET
path: "/v1/data/united-states-medical-device-recalls"
tags: ["Medical Devices"]
---

# List United States Medical Device Recalls records

`GET /v1/data/united-states-medical-device-recalls`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.aristocles.com.au` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/data/united-states-medical-device-recalls`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `X-API-Key`

List United States Medical Device Recalls records with optional filters and pagination.

**Source:** Source: openFDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Not endorsed by the FDA. (Public domain (U.S. Government Work)).

**Fields returned:**
- `recall_number` (str) — FDA identifier for the recall event
- `event_id` (str) — Identifier grouping related recall records
- `status` (str) — Whether the recall is ongoing, completed or terminated
- `classification` (str) — Risk class of the recall, Class I being most serious
- `product_description` (str) — Description of the recalled device
- `reason_for_recall` (str) — Why the device was recalled
- `recalling_firm` (str) — Company conducting the recall
- `firm_city` (str) — City of the recalling company
- `firm_state` (str) — State of the recalling company
- `firm_country` (str) — Country of the recalling company
- `voluntary_or_mandated` (str) — Whether the recall was voluntary or FDA mandated
- `distribution_pattern` (str) — Where the affected devices were distributed
- `product_quantity` (str) — Quantity of product affected
- `recall_initiation_date` (date) — Date the firm began the recall
- `report_date` (date) — Date the recall was published by the FDA
- `termination_date` (date) — Date the recall was terminated, if closed

**Example:** `GET /v1/data/united-states-medical-device-recalls?limit=10&classification=example`

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer: Max records to return (1-100).
- `offset` integer: Records to skip, for pagination.
- `classification` string, nullable: Risk class of the recall, Class I being most serious
- `status` string, nullable: Whether the recall is ongoing, completed or terminated
- `recalling_firm` string, nullable: Company conducting the recall
- `firm_state` string, nullable: State of the recalling company
- `firm_country` string, nullable: Country of the recalling company
- `report_date` string, nullable: Date the recall was published by the FDA

## Headers

- `X-API-Key` string, required

## Response `200`

A page of United States Medical Device Recalls records with pagination metadata.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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