Haiti — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch
Haiti received 7 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are ingredients not listed, labeling, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Haiti, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products and starch from Haiti
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 6 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (7).
- Riskiest months
- June, February, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (5), labeling (4), nutrition labeling (4).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 3 | — | — | not in English |
| Wheat | 2 | — | — | nutrition labeling |
| Maize-Corn | 2 | — | — | labeling |
| Grains-Starch-Other | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- AFP-2620920-4 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+2 more
- CEY-1040900-9 RICE, CULTIVATED, WHOLE GRAIN Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labelingno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- 9UA-0336889-3 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- 9UA-0331050-7 MALT, RICE Import division DSEI. ingredients not listednot in English
- 9UA-0323395-6 CORN STARCH Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labelinglabelingsupplement labeling
- HG8-1601029-9 CORN STARCH Import division DSEI. labeling
- 84R-0041115-2 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residuenot in English
- EQF-0042878-1 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- AFP-2214972-7 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- AFP-2114682-3 STARCH PRODUCTS N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantity
- AFP-2114176-6 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filthfalse or misleading labeloff odor
- AFP-2113870-5 MILLED GRAIN PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filthno common nameno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- 9UA-0259091-9 RICE, CULTIVATED, WHOLE GRAIN Import division DSEI. labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 13 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 2026-07-23. To get new ones for Haiti by email, watch Haiti.