foodRecall

Installation

# install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)

devtools::install_github("loganjohnson0/foodRecall")

library(foodRecall)

Introduction

To use this package, you must register for an API key through the openFDA website. This is a free API key that only requires your email address. You should receive it immediately upon request. Upon any issues with the API key itself, please contact the openFDA office. Be sure to not share your API key with anyone!

This product uses the openFDA API but is not endorsed or certified by the Food and Drug Administration.

Save Your API Key

api_key <- "YOUR API KEY"

We have developed a few different functions for you to search for different kinds of data. You can use either recall_location or recall_date to search for data on food recalls. See notation below as an example.

location <- foodRecall::recall_location(api_key = api_key, 
                                        city = "Ames", 
                                        state = "Iowa")

date <- foodRecall::recall_date(api_key = api_key,
                                report_date = "January 2023 to May 2023")

You can also map the resulting data to see the location of the recall events, the impact of recall, and the number of recall events and individual products each recalling firm has recalled.

foodRecall::map_recall(data = df)

Here is a basic output of the map_recall function. This output is an interactive map by leaflet that would include more detailed descriptions of the map.

Check back for additional updates that we plan to add in soon!