Adverse Food Events

Context:

The CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) is a database that contains information on adverse event and product complaint reports submitted to FDA for foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. The database is designed to support CFSAN's safety surveillance program. Adverse events are coded to terms in the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) terminology.

Content:

See the metadata description in the accompanying README.pdf below or here. Approximately 90k reactions are recorded from 2004-mid 2017, with 12 columns of information regarding type of reaction and related event details.

Acknowledgements:

This dataset is collected by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Inspiration:

• What are the most commonly reported foodstuffs?
• What are the most commonly reported medical reactions to foods?
• Where do people in the US most commonly report food-related conditions?