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Official FDA field

Classification profile

Compare the official Class I, II, III, and not-yet-classified product rows across food, drug, and device enforcement records.

Within-type composition

Classification mix by product type

Product-row counting unit

Bar lengths are normalized within each product type. The values printed below every segment remain the interpretive source of truth.

Food

29,224 products
Class I: 12809 Class II: 14674 Class III: 1740 Not Yet Classified: 1
Class I
12,809 43.8%
Class II
14,674 50.2%
Class III
1,740 6%
Not Yet Classified
1 0%
Unavailable
0 0%

Drug

17,793 products
Class I: 1732 Class II: 14360 Class III: 1700 Not Yet Classified: 1
Class I
1,732 9.7%
Class II
14,360 80.7%
Class III
1,700 9.6%
Not Yet Classified
1 0%
Unavailable
0 0%

Device

39,519 products
Class I: 3590 Class II: 34903 Class III: 1025 Not Yet Classified: 1
Class I
3,590 9.1%
Class II
34,903 88.3%
Class III
1,025 2.6%
Not Yet Classified
1 0%
Unavailable
0 0%

Exact cross-tabulation

Classification × product type

Current corpus

FDA classificationFoodDrugDeviceAll products
Class I12,8091,7323,59018,131
Class II14,67414,36034,90363,937
Class III1,7401,7001,0254,465
Not Yet Classified1113
Unavailable0000

Lifecycle context

Current status within each classification

Official status field

Status and classification answer different questions. “Ongoing” is a current record state, not a severity score.

ClassificationOngoingCompletedTerminatedUnavailableOngoing share
Class I2,34444215,345012.9%
Class II14,4721,00748,458022.6%
Class III434363,99509.7%
Not Yet Classified3000100%
Unavailable00000%

Classification boundary: this page reports FDA’s official classification field. It does not infer patient harm, exposure, or recall effectiveness from the class label.

Field note

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