Canada — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Canada received 16 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label, filth, and no process filing. Measured against US import value, that runs at 2,673 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 tropical from Canada
Higher risk. Canada ranks 2nd of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 2,673 — above 93% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 16 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 11 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 369 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 10 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 (15); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- June, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (3), undeclared allergen (1), pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (6), no process filing (5), no food-canning registration (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 551-4180059-6 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- 9X2-0533835-9 PINEAPPLE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT PUREES) Import division DNBI. no process filing
- 1FX-5444543-1 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- SCS-3423548-8 POMEGRANATE, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 551-1392923-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-0819596-3 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- SCS-0830652-9 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- SCS-0093783-4 KIWI FRUIT (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. nutrition labeling
- SCS-1029925-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- SCS-0840146-0 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- SCS-0879007-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- SCS-9668301-0 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- B4S-1011292-6 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT PUREES) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameundeclared allergenno food-canning registration+1 more
- EJ4-0054423-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT PULP) Import division DNBI. not in Englishno process filing
- WRT-1732613-5 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNBI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingno process filing
- SCS-3630833-0 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- ADR-0046641-9 DATES, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. filthlabelingnutrition labeling
- W13-4330464-0 FIG, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-7877890-0 BANANA, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. unsafe food additive
Data and downloads
Download all 19 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 2026-09-02. To get new ones for Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →