{"topic_id":"recall_data_sources_status_2026_07","category":"global","context":"---\ntopic_id: recall_data_sources_status_2026_07\ncategory: RECALL-DATA-STATUS\ntitle: Pet Food Recall Data Sources - Acquisition Status Assessment (2026-07)\nlang: en\nsource: web_search + curl probes\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-18\ntokens_estimated: 500\n---\n\n# Pet Food Recall Data Sources - Status Assessment\n\n## Assessment Date: 2026-07-18\n\n## Sources Tested\n\n### ❌ EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)\n- Tested URL: `https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/biological-hazards-and-contaminants` → **HTTP 404**\n- Tested URL: `https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/feed-additives-3` → **HTTP 404**\n- Result: URL patterns invalid (EFSA site restructured)\n- Recommendation: Manual URL discovery via EFSA sitemap.xml needed\n\n### ⚠️ RASFF Window (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed)\n- Tested URL: `https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/portal/?event=SearchByKeyword&NewSearch=1&keywords=pet%20food`\n- HTTP: 200 OK, 104KB HTML\n- **Issue**: SPA shell only - data loaded via JavaScript (not in initial HTML)\n- Cannot parse without browser automation\n\n### ❌ openFDA Food Enforcement Recalls API\n- **W6-B1 evaluation**: 17 records returned, 0 actual pet food\n- Product description field does not distinguish pet food from human food\n- Hot Dog / Black Cat Ice Cream false positives\n- **Verdict**: NOT RECOMMENDED as primary pet food recall source\n\n### ⚠️ USDA FoodData Central\n- **W6-B2 evaluation**: pet food hit rate < 0.1%\n- ZIP download returns 404\n- **Verdict**: NOT RECOMMENDED for pet food\n\n## Realistic Strategy\n\nGiven the difficulty of obtaining structured pet food recall data:\n\n1. **Maintain a qualitative summary** of known pet food safety incidents (not structured database)\n2. **Cite USDA GAIN reports** (which do discuss regulatory actions) as primary source\n3. **Acknowledge data gap** in topics: \"Recall database not currently available\"\n4. **For future**: Consider manual curation from news feeds (FDA Enforcement Reports filtered for pet food)\n\n## USDA GAIN as Substitute\n\nUSDA GAIN reports DO discuss pet food regulatory actions:\n- KS2025-0054: ROK IHR grace period extension\n- HK2026-0009: Hong Kong pet food market (no recall data)\n- CH2022-0063: China GB/T 31216/31217 standards\n\n## Conclusion\n\n**No structured pet food recall database available from official APIs.**\nFuture work: manual curation or paid commercial database subscription.\n\n---\n\n*Last updated: 2026-07-18*\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":500,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}