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  • Dataset id: fda_inspections
  • Jurisdiction: US · FDA
  • Date field: posted_date. The search’s top-level date_from and date_to filter on it.
  • Access: any API key.

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Filters

Send these under filters.fda_inspections in a search request. A filter not listed here, or a value of the wrong type, is a 400. The top-level date_from and date_to set date_from and date_to below, so give a date in one place only.
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string
Keyword match on facility name (BM25 tokenized). Example: ‘Pfizer’.
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string
Exact FEI number.
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string
Exact inspection classification code. ‘NAI’ = No Action Indicated, ‘VAI’ = Voluntary Action Indicated, ‘OAI’ = Official Action Indicated.Values: NAI, VAI, OAI.
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string
Exact project area filter. Each row is one (inspection, project area) pair — an inspection spanning several areas appears as several rows, each carrying its own classification — so exact match works cleanly.
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string
Exact FDA-defined product type. Values: ‘Food/Cosmetics’, ‘Drugs’, ‘Devices’, ‘Biologics’, ‘Veterinary’, ‘Tobacco’.Values: Food/Cosmetics, Drugs, Devices, Biologics, Veterinary, Tobacco.
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string
Exact city name.
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string
Exact state code. Example: ‘NJ’.
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string
Exact country name. Example: ‘United States’.
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string (date)
Inclusive lower bound on posted date (YYYY-MM-DD).
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string (date)
Inclusive upper bound on posted date (YYYY-MM-DD).

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Fields

Each result from this dataset has these in fields: city, classification, country, facility_name, fei_number, fiscal_year, inspection_id, posted_date, product_type, project_area, state, url, zip_code