Batch BeaconUK recalls and safety alerts

Sources and method

Everything on Batch Beacon comes from four official UK sources. We check each of them every 30 minutes; the last check ran at 2026-10-27 23:01 UTC.

The sources

Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Product recall information notices, allergy alerts and food alerts for action, from the FSA food alerts data service. Covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and many notices also list Scotland. 472 notices from 4 January 2023 to 24 October 2026.
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
Product safety alerts, reports and recalls for consumer products, published on GOV.UK. 3,807 notices from 8 January 2021 to 26 October 2026.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Medicines recalls and defect notifications, device safety information and national patient safety alerts, published on GOV.UK. Weekly lists of field safety notices and monthly round-ups are not included, as they are summaries of other notices. 219 notices from 20 July 2023 to 26 October 2026.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Vehicle safety recalls from the DVSA recalls data file behind the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker. 1,516 notices from 3 July 2023 to 21 October 2026.

How a notice is processed

  1. Collected. New and updated notices are fetched from each source. When the FSA issues an update to an alert, we fold it into the original notice rather than publishing a duplicate.
  2. Normalised. We read the product, brand, business, dates and codes from the structured fields the agency publishes. Nothing is added that the agency did not publish.
  3. Classified. Each notice is given a section (food, toys, electrical and so on) and a hazard type, such as Listeria, undeclared milk, electric shock or a brake defect. The hazard type decides which advice is shown.
  4. Linked. Shops, marketplaces and UK nations named in the notice are linked so you can browse by them.
  5. Photos. Where an agency publishes a photo inside its PDF notice, we copy that image to our own server. We never draw, edit or generate product images, and pictures that repeat across unrelated notices (logos, letterheads) are removed.

Advice and symptoms

The “What to do now”, money-back and symptoms sections are written by our editors for each hazard type, using public guidance from the NHS, the FSA, the MHRA, the DVSA and consumer law. They are general information, not medical, legal or financial advice. The symptoms panels contain no numbers or diagnoses on purpose.

Limits

  • Not every recall is published by an agency: some are handled by retailers directly at the till or by email.
  • OPSS safety reports often concern products sold by third-party sellers on online marketplaces, who may not contact buyers.
  • Many MHRA notices are aimed at pharmacies and healthcare professionals and do not require patients to act.
  • Vehicle recall data does not name individual vehicles. Use your registration number on the GOV.UK checker or ask a franchised dealer.

Licence

Notice text and data are public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.