We have seen a large number of recalls related to food products. Recently a report is released by Sedgwick Organization about the same and to compare rise or fall of recalls occur in 2022. This organization quarterly collects the data from US FDA and USDA And as per report in 2022 the recalls are increased by 700% as compared to the year 2021. 80% of the nation’s food supplies are under FDA, with the USDA in charge of the remaining 20%.

US FDA:

From 414 recalls in 2021 to 423 recalls in 2022, the number of FDA food recalls increased at a rate of 2.2%. However, the quantity of units, such as individual salad bags or baby formula containers, increased by 700.6%. In 2021, 52.1 million units were recalled, with an average recall size of 125,796 units; in 2022, 416.9 million units were recalled, with an average recall size of 985,658 units.

The biggest recall story of the year in terms of food was a recall of infant formula that as connected to two deaths followed by A significant recall of peanut butter products that affected 21 different food items and resulted in the recall of 12.2 million units.

43.5 percent of all food recalls that fell under the FDA’s purview were due to undeclared allergens. According to the FDA, undeclared allergens have been the main reason for recalls over the last five years.

USDA:

Meat, poultry, and processed egg products are under USDA regulation, and contamination with foreign materials was the leading cause of recalls.

Between 2021 and 2022, the total number of recalls is almost identical, with 47 and 46 events, respectively. However, the amount of pounds recalled decreased by 87.0 percent, from 13.35 million in 2021 to 1.73 million in 2022.  In 2021, the average recall size was 284,055 pounds, but in 2022, it was just 37,611 pounds.