China — Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) — Sauces-Prepared

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China received 12 FDA import refusals in Sauces-Prepared, part of Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no process filing, no food-canning registration, and no net quantity. 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 sauces-prepared from China

Hazard or paperwork
Of 14 refusals in the last 3 years, 3 were hazard findings and 11 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
Where refusals happen
DNEI — Northeast (6); DWCI — West Coast (4); DSEI — Southeast (3).
Riskiest months
June, July, November, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping
refused establishment inspection (2), filth (1).
Paperwork to get right
no process filing (7), no food-canning registration (4), listing refusal (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

2024-Q1: 1 paperwork 1 2024-Q1 2024-Q1: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 2024-Q2: 1 paperwork 1 2024-Q2 2024-Q2: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 2024-Q3: 1 paperwork 1 2024-Q3 2024-Q3: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 0 2024-Q4 2024-Q4: 0 — 0 hazard, 0 paperwork 2025-Q1: 1 paperwork 2025-Q1: 1 hazard 2 2025-Q1 2025-Q1: 2 — 1 hazard, 1 paperwork 2025-Q2: 1 paperwork 1 2025-Q2 2025-Q2: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 0 2025-Q3 2025-Q3: 0 — 0 hazard, 0 paperwork 2025-Q4: 2 hazard 2 2025-Q4 2025-Q4: 2 — 2 hazard, 0 paperwork 2026-Q1: 1 paperwork 1 2026-Q1 2026-Q1: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 2026-Q2: 1 paperwork 1 2026-Q2 2026-Q2: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 2026-Q3: 1 paperwork 1 2026-Q3 2026-Q3: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork 2026-Q4: 1 paperwork 1 2026-Q4 2026-Q4: 1 — 0 hazard, 1 paperwork

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers
QuarterRefusalsHazardPaperwork
2024-Q1101
2024-Q2101
2024-Q3101
2024-Q4000
2025-Q1211
2025-Q2101
2025-Q3000
2025-Q4220
2026-Q1101
2026-Q2101
2026-Q3101
2026-Q4101

Recent refusals

Data and downloads

Download all 24 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 2026-10-14. To get new ones for China by email, watch China.