China — Spices, Flavors, and Salts — Spices-Other

Below the median. China ranks 12th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 123.2 — above 31% of them.

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China received 30 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors, and Salts between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filthy, refuse ei, and pesticide. Measured against US import value, that runs at 123.2 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from China over the last 3 years.

Of these, 25 were hazard refusals and 5 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

BDD-0834569-2 2026-09-10 DWCIFIVE SPICE MIX, GROUND, CRACKED, WITHOUT SALT filthy
BTF-4056050-6 2026-07-01 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) filthysalmonella
EJ2-0204328-0 2026-06-30 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) filthy
DZ1-1180669-8 2026-06-08 DWCICINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) poisonous
E37-0255986-4 2026-05-07 DNBIPEPPER, BLACK, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) refuse ei
E37-0255948-4 2026-05-07 DNBIPEPPER, BLACK, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) refuse ei
EUG-0047431-2 2026-03-11 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) pesticide
NFT-2050925-2 2025-08-19 DNBICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) list ingrelacks n/cnutrit lbl
HK1-2500586-6 2025-05-09 DWCIFENNEL, WHOLE (SPICE) filthy
336-4373514-1 2025-05-06 DNEINATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR, N.E.C. 807refusal
DP4-3897856-2 2025-04-25 DWCIPEPPER, BLACK, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) refuse ei807refusal
W33-2403689-4 2025-04-01 DWCIPAPRIKA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) filthy
W33-2403565-6 2025-03-07 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) filthy
KM6-1624373-9 2025-02-25 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) filthy
W33-2403520-1 2025-02-07 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) salmonella
K79-0185677-6 2025-01-28 DWCIPAPRIKA, WHOLE (SPICE) filthy
U47-2411190-9 2025-01-23 DNEICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) pesticide
EUG-0038242-4 2025-01-06 DWCIPEPPER, MIXED, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) pesticide
KM6-3633794-1 2024-11-21 DNEIMIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. af-nonrsp
NFT-2041164-0 2024-10-22 DWCICAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) filthylacks firmno english