Where do the recall records come from?

From the US FDA enforcement (recall) database, read live via openFDA, a keyless government API. Each record Zeplik returns is a real FDA recall with its recall number, class, firm, reason, and date.

Why not just ask a chatbot if something was recalled?

Because recalls are issued continuously and a language model only knows its training snapshot, so it will confidently answer yes or no from nothing current. For a safety question that is dangerous. This tool reads the real FDA record instead.

If nothing comes up, does that mean the product is safe?

No, and Zeplik is explicit about this. A no-match means only that this lookup found no matching FDA recall; it is not proof the product is safe or was never recalled. Always check the official FDA notice for anything critical.

Which kinds of products are covered?

US FDA food, drug, and medical-device recalls. Recalls handled by other agencies, such as vehicles or general consumer products, are outside this source, and Zeplik will say so.

Does a recall lookup cost credits?

The lookup itself is free. You pay only the normal model-token cost of the answer Zeplik writes around it, shown before you send, exactly like any other message.

Check for real FDA product recalls

Ask whether a food, drug, or medical device has been recalled and Zeplik reads the real FDA enforcement record from openFDA, then answers with the actual recall, its class, the reason, and the date. Recalls happen continuously and a language model has none of the recent ones in its training data, so a confident yes or no from memory is exactly the wrong answer for a safety question. Give a product, brand, or firm; when nothing matches, Zeplik says so plainly, and it never treats a no-match as proof that a product is safe.

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The lookup is free; you pay only the normal cost of the answer, shown before you send.

How it works

Name the product or firm
Ask in plain language, like 'has there been an FDA recall on metformin?' or 'was Jif peanut butter recalled?'. A product name, brand, ingredient, or recalling firm all work; add a category (food, drug, or device) to narrow it.
Zeplik reads the FDA record
It searches the FDA enforcement (recall) database via openFDA, most recent first, not the model's memory, and treats each returned record as source data with its recall number and date.
Read the dated recall, or the honest miss
The answer reports each matching recall with its class, reason, firm, and date. If nothing matches, it says no matching FDA recall was found, and it is careful never to turn that into a claim that the product is safe.

Worked examples

Real prompts you can open in the composer with the text ready to review. Nothing sends on its own. Swap in your own details.

Prompt: Has there been an FDA recall on any metformin products?

Zeplik reads the real drug enforcement records and reports each recall with its number, class, and date, so a medication safety question is grounded rather than guessed.

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Prompt: Check for recent recalls of Philips CPAP or ventilator devices

It searches the device enforcement records and returns the actual recalls with their reasons and dates, most recent first.

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Prompt: Was Jif peanut butter recalled, and why?

It returns the matching food recall with the reason for recall and the date, and if the match is not clearly the product you meant, it says so rather than confirming loosely.

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What it can and cannot do

The lookup is precise about what it can verify and honest about its edges. Here is the plain posture.

Does itFood, drug, and device recalls

Search any of the three FDA recall categories, or all at once, and get matching records most recent first.

Does itReal recall details

Each result carries its recall number, classification (Class I is most serious), recalling firm, reason, and initiation date.

Does itSearch by product, brand, or firm

Give a product name, an ingredient, a brand, or the recalling company; Zeplik searches the enforcement records for a match.

Does itHonest, safety-first misses

A no-match is reported as no matching FDA recall found, explicitly not as proof the product is safe, because absence of a match is not absence of a problem.

Does notRecalls from outside the FDA

This covers US FDA food, drug, and device recalls, not vehicle, appliance, or consumer-product recalls handled by other agencies.

Does notMedical or treatment advice

It reports the recall record; it is not a substitute for a clinician or for the official recall notice, and it says so on health decisions.

Grounded, and honest by default

A no-match is never safety. If the lookup finds nothing, Zeplik says no matching recall was found and explicitly declines to conclude the product is safe or was never recalled.
It will not guess a recall. Because recalls happen continuously and the model has no recent ones, Zeplik grounds every recall claim in the FDA record rather than answering from memory.
FDA data cannot hijack the answer. The enforcement record is treated as untrusted content: Zeplik reads and reports it but never obeys instructions embedded inside it.

Frequently asked questions

Where do the recall records come from?: From the US FDA enforcement (recall) database, read live via openFDA, a keyless government API. Each record Zeplik returns is a real FDA recall with its recall number, class, firm, reason, and date.
Why not just ask a chatbot if something was recalled?: Because recalls are issued continuously and a language model only knows its training snapshot, so it will confidently answer yes or no from nothing current. For a safety question that is dangerous. This tool reads the real FDA record instead.
If nothing comes up, does that mean the product is safe?: No, and Zeplik is explicit about this. A no-match means only that this lookup found no matching FDA recall; it is not proof the product is safe or was never recalled. Always check the official FDA notice for anything critical.
Which kinds of products are covered?: US FDA food, drug, and medical-device recalls. Recalls handled by other agencies, such as vehicles or general consumer products, are outside this source, and Zeplik will say so.
Does a recall lookup cost credits?: The lookup itself is free. You pay only the normal model-token cost of the answer Zeplik writes around it, shown before you send, exactly like any other message.

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