Show HN: I built a food recall tracker with ML classification and email alerts
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I built an automatic food-recall tracker that collects recalls from sources including the FDA, USDA, FSA, RASFF, and others. It currently covers the US, UK, Europe, Canada, and South Africa. It uses ML to classify recalls by severity, cause, and category, and also tries to detect anomalies/outbreaks and identify similar recalls. You can sign up for daily email alerts based on your preferences, so you can be notified when a recall is relevant to you (The emails are best-effort and shouldn't be…
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Show HN: I built a food recall tracker with ML classification and email alerts was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 41 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #19 of 30, reached on Nov 7, 17:20 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 08:50 UTC.
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What is the highest rank Show HN: I built a food recall tracker with ML classification and email alerts reached?
#19 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 7, 17:20 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (41 checks) since.
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3 points and 0 comments; submitted by brenttb on Nov 7, 2026.