That's Not Safe to Eat Government recall notices, translated out of Bureaucrat.

Things you can't eat right now.

As of Sep 2, 2026, 49 active US food safety notices are on the list: 28 recalls and 21 advisories, from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices. The most serious is Shanghai Ravioli Corp Buffalo Chicken Products — produced without inspection (Do not eat, serious health risk), posted Aug 26, 2026. A running list, refreshed every morning, of what's been recalled, what's under investigation, and where it was sold. Assembled from notices your government publishes weekly, in PDF, for lawyers. We read them so you don't have to.

34days The FDA's typical delay between a company pulling product and telling you.See the slowest checkout lanes

Aisle 1Bacteria and friends16

Aisle 2Surprise ingredients15

Do not eat

Sheandro

Vodka Tomato Sauce — undeclared milk

Product labeled as containing cream and cheese, but milk was not declared on the label as an allergen

WhereFL

Company started pulling it Jul 23, 2026. The FDA told you 27 days later.

Moderate risk · posted Aug 19, 2026

Aisle 3Extra crunchy5

Aisle 5Paperwork13

Do not eat

Al Kabeer

Breaded Swai Fish — ineligible import, no USDA mark

Products were produced in the United Arab Emirates, a country not eligible to export Siluriformes (Swai) fish to the United States. They also lack an establishment number or USDA mark of inspection, meaning they were not inspected as required.

3 products

WhereIA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI

Serious health risk · posted Aug 7, 2026

Costco3Trader Joe's2Walmart2Blue Apron1Bordwine Hay, Feed & Hardware1Bromide Trading Co.1Brookshire Grocery Company1Fred Meyer1Grassroots Farm Store1Grocery Outlet1Holiday convenience stores1Kroger1Lotte Plaza Market1Marley Spoon1Mom's Organic Markets1Roche Bros. Supermarkets1

Questions

Straight answers, from the same database as the cards above.

What food is recalled right now?

As of Sep 2, 2026, 28 active notices say do not eat and 21 advisories say caution. The newest is Shanghai Ravioli Corp Buffalo Chicken Products — produced without inspection, posted Aug 26, 2026. The most serious is Shanghai Ravioli Corp Buffalo Chicken Products — produced without inspection (Do not eat, serious health risk), posted Aug 26, 2026.

How many are a serious health risk?

As of Sep 2, 2026, 19 of the 28 active recall and outbreak notices are marked a serious health risk. The class comes from the source agency (FDA Class I or the USDA equivalent) when it gives one, and is marked as our read of the hazard when it does not. The most serious is Shanghai Ravioli Corp Buffalo Chicken Products — produced without inspection (Do not eat, serious health risk), posted Aug 26, 2026.

How long does the FDA take to announce a recall?

A median of 34 days between the day a company started pulling product and the day the FDA's enforcement report listed it, and 88 days at worst, across the 18 notices that carry both dates, as of Sep 2, 2026. The FDA publishes once a week, so up to seven days of any gap is the calendar. USDA FSIS notices state no start date and are not measured.

How often is this updated?

Daily at 06:00 Pacific, from the government's own notices: FDA openFDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS recall notices. The last successful update finished Sep 2, 2026, and every count on this page is as of that run.

Where does the data come from?

FDA openFDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS recall notices, each stored exactly as received. An AI extracts the brand, products, lot codes, hazard, regions, and retailers; a fixed rubric assigns the status; anything under 80% confidence waits for a human before it is published. Every item links to its source notice.