China — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Grains-Starch-Other
China received 4 FDA import refusals in Grains-Starch-Other, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q2. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous or deleterious substance, melamine, and unfit for food. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 3 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.
Quarterly refusals, last 11 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- EKH-1029720-1 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- K09-0093960-2 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DNEI. unsafe food additive
- 362-2504071-0 MUNG BEAN PROTEIN Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- 362-2503880-5 MUNG BEAN PROTEIN Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
Data and downloads
Download all 4 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 2026-05-14. To get new ones for China by email, watch China.
China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →