India — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Rice
India received 196 FDA import refusals in Rice, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 40 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and Salmonella. Measured against US import value, that runs at 88.1 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import rice from India
Above the median. India ranks 3rd of 8 origins shipping rice to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 88.1 — above 71% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 224 refusals in the last 3 years, 223 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 7,797 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (86); DSEI — Southeast (41); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (41).
- Riskiest months
- February, November, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (220), filth (3), insanitary handling (1), insanitary plant (1), poisonous substance (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (3), no net quantity (2), label not conspicuous (1).
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 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- ADM-0067450-4 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residuefilth
- J19-0082610-5 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- J19-0082873-9 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3999678-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3686138-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3686312-8 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3686151-0 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 9AJ-0013838-1 RICE FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3677618-9 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residueSalmonella
- KM6-3678685-7 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3677682-5 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residuepoisonous or deleterious substance
- KM6-1643094-8 RICE FLOUR Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3673045-9 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- KM6-1645281-9 RICE FLOUR Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- DP4-1027567-2 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 196-1550820-7 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNBI. pesticide residuenutrition labeling
- 235-2352698-8 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3670030-4 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 8KP-0071568-1 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3667542-3 RICE, BASMATI, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 281 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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India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →