China — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
China received 321 FDA import refusals in Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 45 in 2026-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, Listeria monocytogenes, and pesticide residue. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vegetables and vegetable products from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 327 refusals in the last 3 years, 278 were hazard findings and 49 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (160); DNEI — Northeast (132); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (21).
- Riskiest months
- March, February, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (111), Listeria monocytogenes (77), pesticide residue (62), poisonous or deleterious substance (14), Salmonella (8).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (20), no process filing (16), nutrition labeling (11).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 18 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024-Q3 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 22 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 38 | 31 | 7 |
| 2025-Q2 | 35 | 32 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 36 | 30 | 6 |
| 2026-Q1 | 45 | 38 | 7 |
| 2026-Q2 | 42 | 39 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 28 | 24 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leafy | 9 | — | 1,264 | pesticide residue |
| Vegetables-Other | 308 | 1,256 t | 457.3 | filth |
| Pepper | 10 | 9,791 t | 31.0 | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 318 | 1,524 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- SQ4-0628635-2 BURDOCK, GOBO, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filthno manufacturer nameno net quantity
- FY1-4099257-6 FUNGI PRODUCTS NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- AWJ-0333169-6 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- NGK-2602500-5 YAMS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- NFT-2093486-4 FUNGUS, BLACK (CLOUD EARS), WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. filth
- E5G-0264833-2 OYSTER MUSHROOMS,FUNGI PRODUCTS,N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- B7S-2606084-9 MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI PRODUCTS, PIECES AND STEMS, SLICED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- J50-0205888-9 MUSHROOM, MOREL, FUNGI PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- 417-0415826-4 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- EKH-1016401-3 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- AWJ-0327676-8 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- KM6-3680877-6 FUNGUS, BLACK (CLOUD EARS), WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. filth
- 417-0413508-0 PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 04Y-1186935-5 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- KM6-3674485-6 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 231-7024813-9 MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI PRODUCTS, PIECES AND STEMS, SLICED, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- DU7-0144250-9 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- BQK-2586213-6 YAMS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 04Y-1186911-6 ENOKITAKE MUSHROOMS, WHOLE (BUTTON) (FUNGI) Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- K80-2176656-4 SEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 680 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →