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Public Health Trace has 22,661 recall records and 2,987 outbreak investigations on file connected to California, with 57,795 reported illnesses across those outbreak investigations, republished from official FDA, USDA, and CDC sources.
A bar chart of recall and outbreak counts affecting this state by year, built from the complete yearly totals for this state, not a bounded preview.
| Year | Recalls | Outbreaks |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972 | 0 | 1 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1976 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 0 | 5 |
| 1978 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980 | 0 | 4 |
| 1981 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| 1983 | 0 | 3 |
| 1984 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 100 |
| 1999 | 0 | 119 |
| 2000 | 0 | 143 |
| 2001 | 0 | 171 |
| 2002 | 0 | 207 |
| 2003 | 0 | 186 |
| 2004 | 0 | 179 |
| 2005 | 0 | 154 |
| 2006 | 0 | 203 |
| 2007 | 0 | 157 |
| 2008 | 0 | 122 |
| 2009 | 0 | 83 |
| 2010 | 0 | 86 |
| 2011 | 0 | 83 |
| 2012 | 400 | 79 |
| 2013 | 1,192 | 84 |
| 2014 | 1,253 | 91 |
| 2015 | 1,733 | 115 |
| 2016 | 1,904 | 95 |
| 2017 | 2,316 | 111 |
| 2018 | 1,602 | 106 |
| 2019 | 2,388 | 110 |
| 2020 | 1,104 | 16 |
| 2021 | 1,183 | 45 |
| 2022 | 2,098 | 57 |
| 2023 | 1,823 | 37 |
| 2024 | 1,320 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1,222 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1,123 | 0 |
CDC NORS is a historical archive currently available through 2023; later zeros do not mean no outbreaks occurred.
Newest reported records first. Each record's own status (active, terminated, or not reported) is shown on its card.
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Showing 6 of 22,661 recall records
Newest reported records first. Each record's own status (active investigation, historical, or monitoring) is shown on its card.
Outbreak United StatesHistorical record
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Showing 6 of 2,987 outbreak records
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Via the real distribution-state record on each recall -- distinct from the free-text match used for the recall cards above.
No disease surveillance trend data has been published for this state.
Disease surveillance trends are only shown where CDC's reporting areas have been matched to this state. A state showing no surveillance data here may still have real recalls and outbreaks above - the gap is in state-level linkage for weekly case reports specifically, not an indication that nothing was reported.
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This page combines recall records from the FDA and USDA with outbreak investigations and disease surveillance data from the CDC. It is not a safety ranking or comparison between states -- a higher count here can reflect more thorough reporting as much as more actual events, and is not a statement that California is more or less safe than any other state. Read the full medical disclaimer.
