Canada — Fruit and Fruit Products — Berries-Grapes
Canada received 40 FDA import refusals in Berries-Grapes, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2022-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume peaked at 12 in 2023-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue and filth. Measured against US import value, that runs at 14.9 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Canada over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import berries-grapes from Canada
Lower risk. Canada ranks 7th of 8 origins shipping berries-grapes to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 14.9 — above 14% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 11 refusals in the last 3 years, 11 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 23,552 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 6th highest refusal rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (11).
- Riskiest months
- July, April, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (10), filth (2).
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 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- F57-7457901-9 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7424250-7 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7523077-4 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7601621-4 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-8166054-3 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filthpesticide residue
- SCS-8813231-4 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-2315463-0 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-1855315-0 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7958357-4 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7854701-8 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-0250080-3 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 300-6639556-9 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- 300-6553415-0 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-9325719-7 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- SCS-7659477-2 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 300-6607334-9 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-7497529-6 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- MK8-5806338-3 BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-9025434-6 RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-9054737-6 STRAWBERRIES (BERRY) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 49 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 Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →