Brazil — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Rice
Brazil received 6 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q1. The most-cited issue is pesticide residue. Measured against US import value, that runs at 46.6 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Brazil over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import rice from Brazil
Below the median. Brazil ranks 5th of 8 origins shipping rice to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 46.6 — above 43% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 37,125 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (6).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 4 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 557-3201139-4 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 820-7079773-1 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- E4W-0032135-7 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 655-2580885-7 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 655-2590271-8 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 655-2570126-8 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 6 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2025-08-22. To get new ones for Brazil by email, watch Brazil.
Brazil country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →