Abbott Laboratories FDA recall records

The FDA has published 61 food recall enforcement records naming Abbott Laboratories between 2015 and 2023, covering 9 separate recall events. The firm is recorded in Ohio. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386

61

Share of all recalls

0.2%

Class I of 61

41

Reported between

2015 to 2023

What is different about Abbott Laboratories

The hazard that separates Abbott Laboratories from the national picture is salmonella: 67.2% of these records name it, against 12.4% of all FDA food recalls.

By product, Abbott Laboratories is weighted toward infant formula and baby food: 41% of the records here against 0.3% across the corpus.

Recalls at Abbott Laboratories are more often the serious kind: 67.2% are Class I, where the FDA judges there is a reasonable probability of serious health consequences, against 44% of all records.

A recall at Abbott Laboratories stays open a median of 671 days between the report and termination, against 215 days for the corpus as a whole. Termination follows the firm accounting for every unit of the affected lot.

These recalls travel further than most: 68.9% state nationwide distribution, against 20.7% of all records.

A single recall here covers far more records than usual: 6.8 enforcement records per FDA event, against 3.7 across the corpus. The agency opens one record per product code, so this is a sign of broad product lines rather than of repeated failures.

What these records are

Every record on this page was published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. 61 records cover 9 recall events, because the agency opens one record per product code: a single recall of a product line with many codes appears here many times.

41 of these records are Class I, 19 Class II and 1 Class III. A recall count is not a safety score. Most FDA food recalls are initiated by the firm itself, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a food safety plan is built to produce.

What was recalled for

A single record can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap.

• Salmonella41
• Spoilage and mould12
• Chemical contamination12
• Process deviation12
• Undeclared allergens1
• Foreign material1

By year

Counts are by the date the FDA reported the enforcement action. That date runs behind the date a firm started a recall, so the most recent year is always partial.

Where the recalling firms are

The state is the location of the recalling firm, not where the product was sold. Distribution is recorded separately on each record.

• Illinois42
• Ohio18
• Virginia1

Most recently reported

Questions

How many FDA recalls has Abbott Laboratories had?

The FDA has published 61 food recall enforcement records naming Abbott Laboratories between 2015 and 2023. Those records cover 9 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.

Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?

Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

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