Chart assignment

Charts to read and discuss

Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?
  2. How is U.S. household wealth divided?

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Chart 1 of 2 · Food and drug safety

How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?

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The FDA classified 190 food recalls in 2025 for an allergen left off the label, such as milk, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or sesame; the most since 2013 was 282 in 2017. From 2013 through 2025, undeclared allergens were the most common reason food was recalled. A recall counts once however many products it covers, in the year FDA first listed it in its weekly Enforcement Report. Chartly sorted FDA's written reasons by their key words; a recall for a germ as well counts under the germ. Meat, poultry and most egg products are USDA's to recall and aren't included. The newest allergen recalls, this year's included, are listed below.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA) · Data as of Nov 4, 2026

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  • MLA

    “How Many Food Recalls Are for Undeclared Allergens Each Year?” Chartly, 4 Nov. 2026, chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

  • APA

    Chartly. (2026, November 4). How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year? [Chart]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year

  • Chicago

    Chartly. “How Many Food Recalls Are for Undeclared Allergens Each Year?” Chart. Data from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data). Updated November 4, 2026. Accessed November 12, 2026. https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year.

Chart 2 of 2 · Wealth

How is U.S. household wealth divided?

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At the end of June 2026, the wealthiest 1% of U.S. households held 32.5% of all household wealth, the next 9% held 36.4%, the next 40% held 28.8% and the bottom 50% held 2.3%. In 1989 the shares were 22.8%, 38.0%, 35.7% and 3.5%. Wealth here is net worth: what households own (homes, stocks and mutual funds, pensions and retirement accounts, private businesses, cars and other belongings, bank deposits) minus what they owe (mortgages, credit cards, student and car loans). The Fed estimates each quarter by combining its Financial Accounts with its Survey of Consumer Finances, taken every three years, so the newest quarters are estimates that get revised.

How to read this chart

Each bar is one group of U.S. households' share of all household wealth, so the four bars add up to 100%. The groups are different sizes: the top 1% is one household in every hundred, while the bottom 50% is half of all households. Compare each group's share of wealth with its share of households.

Questions to discuss

  1. Which group holds the largest share of wealth? Is it the group with the most households?
  2. If wealth were split evenly, what share would the bottom 50% hold? How far is the chart from that?
  3. The takeaway gives the 1989 shares too. Which groups gained a share since then, and which lost one?

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts (Public domain (Federal Reserve Board; cite the Board as the source)) · Data as of Jun 30, 2026

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    “How Is U.S. Household Wealth Divided?” Chartly, 30 June 2026, chart.ly/charts/how-us-wealth-is-divided. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

  • APA

    Chartly. (2026, June 30). How is U.S. household wealth divided? [Chart]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://chart.ly/charts/how-us-wealth-is-divided

  • Chicago

    Chartly. “How Is U.S. Household Wealth Divided?” Chart. Data from Federal Reserve Board, Distributional Financial Accounts. Updated June 30, 2026. Accessed November 12, 2026. https://chart.ly/charts/how-us-wealth-is-divided.

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