Canada — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
Canada received 80 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 17 in 2026-Q2, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and FSVP violation. Measured against US import value, that runs at 6.7 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 vegetables-other from Canada
Lower risk. Canada ranks 24th of 24 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 6.7 — the lowest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 79 refusals in the last 3 years, 61 were hazard findings and 18 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 96,960 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the lowest refusal rate of 17 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 (77); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- July, May, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (42), poisonous or deleterious substance (9), filth (5), Salmonella (4), Listeria monocytogenes (3).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (15), no net quantity (2), sulfites not declared (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 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- F57-7684007-0 BOK CHOY (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7654803-8 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. filth
- F57-7649919-0 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- F57-7649251-8 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7634913-0 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7638805-4 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. filth
- F57-7626630-0 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7629956-6 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7629919-4 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 186-7879129-7 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7623333-4 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- CIU-4194237-0 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7618262-2 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7616169-1 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7614763-3 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 551-2678608-3 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- CDF-0567733-4 RED BEET (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. filth
- CDF-0566557-8 RED BEET (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- F57-7600098-0 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. FSVP violation
- F57-7581679-0 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 151 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 2026-08-12. To get new ones for Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →