China — Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base)
China received 63 FDA import refusals in Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 13 in 2026-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are melamine, unsafe color additive, and poisonous or deleterious substance. 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 snack food items (flour, meal, or vegetable base) from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 58 refusals in the last 3 years, 54 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (35); DNEI — Northeast (22); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- February, January, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- melamine (39), unfit for food (15), poisonous or deleterious substance (12), unsafe color additive (9), undeclared allergen (5).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (10), not in English (10), ingredients not listed (8).
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 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 58 | — | — | melamine |
"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
- EVR-0187313-7 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedmelamine
- N4W-0027148-7 RICE GRAIN SNACK (WHOLE, SPLIT), FRIED/OIL COOKED Import division DWCI. melamine
- 274-2601729-2 SNACK FOODS NOT ELSEWHERE MENTIONED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. melamine
- 274-2600884-6 SNACK FOODS NOT ELSEWHERE MENTIONED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8E4-0270911-8 BREAD SNACKS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- N4W-0026552-1 RICE GRAIN SNACK (WHOLE, SPLIT), FRIED/OIL COOKED Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- N4W-0027143-8 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. melamine
- EPM-0194295-8 FRIED SNACK FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. melamine
- EVR-0178875-6 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. label not conspicuousno manufacturer nameno net quantitynot in English+3 more
- B2K-0039543-6 BAKED SNACK FOOD, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
- W69-5223281-8 POTATO STARCH SNACKS, BAKED Import division DNEI. melamine
- NRY-0083091-7 BAKED SNACK FOOD, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. melamine
- 9EX-2601136-4 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DWCI. melamine
- EVR-0178477-1 BAKED SNACK FOOD, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. no process filing
- 8P5-0089094-9 FRIED SNACK FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- EVR-0179537-1 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. melamine
- EVR-0179280-8 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. melamine
- EVR-0179351-7 POTATO SNACKS (FLAVORED OR UNFLAVORED), VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. melamine
- EVR-0179059-6 SNACK FOODS NOT ELSEWHERE MENTIONED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. listing refusal
- EVR-0172499-1 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DWCI. melamine
Data and downloads
Download all 102 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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