PlainRecords: U.S. recalls in plain English

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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plainrecords-u-s-recalls-in-plain-english": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://plainrecords.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

7 tools

• search_recalls

  Find FDA (food, medicine, medical device), CPSC (consumer product) and NHTSA (vehicle) recalls by product, brand, hazard, lot code or UPC. Newest and best matches first.

• brand_recalls

  The newest records (up to 25) of a brand or company across FDA, CPSC and NHTSA, each with its kind as the agency gives it (Recall, Warning, Allergy Alert ...), with the number of records and the number of recalls among them.

• vehicle_recalls

  NHTSA recalls for a make, model and model year (the newest 30, with the total on record), plus owner complaint counts since 1995 by part. A recall applies only to the vehicles it lists: the owner should check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

• tap_water

  The community water systems that EPA's service-area map puts a ZIP code's people in (up to 6, most people first), each with the health-based violations EPA records since three years before its file date, the contaminants or rules, and the page with every violation. These are…

• drug_shortage

  FDA's drug shortage entries whose generic name contains the words given (up to 15), as FDA lists them: status, availability, reason, dosage form and update date. Not medical advice.

• recalls_in_state

  FDA (food, medicine, device) and USDA FSIS recalls whose distribution text names the state (the newest 20, with the total). Recalls that say only "nationwide" name no state and are counted separately; CPSC and NHTSA do not record states.

• food_outbreaks

  FDA's list of foodborne outbreak investigations as FDA posts it (newest first): pathogen, product, case count, status and whether FDA lists a recall, with the link to FDA's advisory.

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