Every FDA recall since 2012, rolled up from 9,054 filing entities to the corporate parents that actually own them. Philips files under 20 names. Medtronic under 29. Then each parent is joined to the federal contracts it holds — the same government that classifies the recall is buying from the company that filed it.
Bubble size = recalls · red intensity = Class I share · ring = federal dollars · click to expand subsidiaries
Each dot is a corporate parent · up = more recalls · right = more federal contract money
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| Parent | Filing names | Recalls | Class I | Class I share | FDA-forced | Federal $ | Categories |
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FDA adverse event reporting · CAERS (food) and MAUDE (devices) · 1,000+ reports a month
A recall is filed because something reached a shelf. These are the reports of what happened to the people who bought it. The FDA runs two systems: CAERS for food, supplements and cosmetics, and MAUDE for medical devices. Both take reports from consumers, doctors and manufacturers.
Supplements and cosmetics dominate — categories the FDA does not review before they go on sale.
Reporting is voluntary for consumers, so these are a floor, not a count of harm.
MAUDE covers all medical devices, not only recalled ones. A report is not proof the device caused the outcome — but it is the record the FDA itself keeps.
696 distinct recalls, — of them Class I. These are the cases where harm is stated in the enforcement report itself — no inference required.
Senate lobbying disclosures 2023–2025 · federal contracts 2012–2026 · click a company or an agency
Every line below is a filed disclosure. The left column is the companies that recall the most; the right is the federal bodies they report lobbying. The agency that classifies a recall, the agency that pays the contract, and the agency being lobbied are frequently the same one.
| Company | Recalls | Class I | FDA-forced | Lobbying 23–25 | Federal $ | $ per $1 lobbied | Lobbied |
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