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# Medical Product Recalls Drop 10% in 2016
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/medical-product-recalls-drop-10-in-2016/
- Published: 2017-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:06:51.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5137983

Just-released FDA enforcement statistics shows that recalls in FY 2016 fell 10% compared with recalls tracked in 2015\. There were 8,305 product recalls in 2016, almost 900 fewer than the 9,178 recall actions in 2015\. ***FDA Webview*** [reported 2/14](https://www.fdaweb.com/warning-letters-last-year-dropped-by-15/) that agency Warning Letters also fell substantially last year — dropping 15% compared with such letters issued in FY 2015, according to the [enforcement statistics](http://www.fda.gov/downloads/iceci/enforcementactions/ucm540606.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).

With recalls, CDER-regulated product recalls slipped 15% in 2016\. The enforcement statistics show that 1,550 recalls were recorded at the drug Center last year, compared with 1,822 recorded in 2015\. Medical device recalls were practically unchanged in 2016, with 2,898 recalls recorded compared with 2,850 the previous year. For biologics, recalls in 2016 dropped 20%, from 973 in 2015 to 781 in 2016.