Where Shopper Assist's information comes from
Shopper Assist is not a government app. It is made by Shopper Assist LLC, a private company, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for any government agency. It republishes public records as filed, and names the source on every screen. The complete list, with a link to each, is below.
Federal government sources
- Federal Election Commission (FEC) — corporate PAC receipts and spending, federal candidates and committees
- Internal Revenue Service, Form 8872 filings — 527 political organizations
- U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database — federal lobbying spending
- Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR — public-company names, tickers, filings and ownership
- SAM.gov entity records (General Services Administration) — small, veteran-owned, woman-owned and Black-owned business status
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration: recalls, enforcement reports, openFDA — food, drug, cosmetic and device recalls; OTC drug labels
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service — meat, poultry and egg recalls
- USDA FoodData Central — nutrition for basic foods
- Consumer Product Safety Commission — consumer product recalls (cpsc.gov and SaferProducts.gov)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — vehicle recalls and VIN decoding
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — chemical and product category safety notes
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Safer Choice — certified safer products and ingredients
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Substances Added to Food inventory — food additive status
- California OEHHA, Proposition 65 list — ingredients listed as carcinogens or reproductive toxicants
State and local campaign finance (49 jurisdictions)
- Alabama Secretary of State (FCPA) — Alabama campaign finance
- Alaska Public Offices Commission — Alaska campaign finance
- Arizona Secretary of State (See The Money) — Arizona campaign finance
- Arkansas Secretary of State — Arkansas campaign finance
- California Secretary of State (Cal-Access) — California campaign finance
- Colorado Secretary of State (TRACER) — Colorado campaign finance
- Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission (eCRIS) — Connecticut campaign finance
- Delaware Department of Elections (CFRS) — Delaware campaign finance
- D.C. Office of Campaign Finance — District of Columbia campaign finance
- Florida Division of Elections — Florida campaign finance
- Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (PeachFile) — Georgia campaign finance
- Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission — Hawaii campaign finance
- Idaho Secretary of State (Sunshine) — Idaho campaign finance
- Illinois State Board of Elections — Illinois campaign finance
- Indiana Election Division — Indiana campaign finance
- Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board — Iowa campaign finance
- Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission — Kansas campaign finance
- Kentucky Registry of Election Finance — Kentucky campaign finance
- Louisiana Board of Ethics — Louisiana campaign finance
- Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices — Maine campaign finance
- Maryland State Board of Elections (MDCRIS) — Maryland campaign finance
- Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance — Massachusetts campaign finance
- Michigan Bureau of Elections (MiTN) — Michigan campaign finance
- Minnesota Campaign Finance Board — Minnesota campaign finance
- Missouri Ethics Commission — Missouri campaign finance
- Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS) — Montana campaign finance
- Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission — Nebraska campaign finance
- Nevada Secretary of State (AURORA) — Nevada campaign finance
- New Hampshire Secretary of State (Campaign Finance System) — New Hampshire campaign finance
- New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission — New Jersey campaign finance
- New Mexico Secretary of State (CFIS) — New Mexico campaign finance
- New York State Board of Elections — New York campaign finance
- New York City Campaign Finance Board — New York City campaign finance
- North Carolina State Board of Elections — North Carolina campaign finance
- North Dakota Secretary of State — North Dakota campaign finance
- Ohio Secretary of State — Ohio campaign finance
- Oklahoma Ethics Commission (Guardian) — Oklahoma campaign finance
- Oregon Secretary of State (ORESTAR) — Oregon campaign finance
- Pennsylvania Department of State — Pennsylvania campaign finance
- Rhode Island Board of Elections — Rhode Island campaign finance
- South Carolina State Ethics Commission — South Carolina campaign finance
- Tennessee Registry of Election Finance — Tennessee campaign finance
- Texas Ethics Commission — Texas campaign finance
- Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office — Utah campaign finance
- Vermont Secretary of State — Vermont campaign finance
- Virginia Department of Elections — Virginia campaign finance
- Washington Public Disclosure Commission — Washington campaign finance
- West Virginia Secretary of State (CFRS) — West Virginia campaign finance
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission (Sunshine) — Wisconsin campaign finance
Other public sources
- European Union cosmetics and food-additive regulations — ingredients banned or restricted in the EU
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA): CLP Annex VI classifications and the REACH candidate list — hazard classifications and substances of very high concern
- Health Canada, Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist — ingredients prohibited or restricted in cosmetics in Canada
- IARC Monographs (World Health Organization) — carcinogen classifications
- Open States — state legislator rosters
- congress-legislators (the @unitedstates project) — U.S. House and Senate member rosters and committees
- Open Food Facts — food products, ingredients and nutrition
- Open Beauty Facts — cosmetics and personal-care products
- Open Products Facts — household and other products
- Open Library — books by ISBN
- Wikidata — company ownership, parent companies and home countries
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