India — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Wheat
India received 32 FDA import refusals in Wheat, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2023-Q4, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, FSVP violation, and insanitary plant. Measured against US import value, that runs at 267.1 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 wheat from India
Below the median. India ranks 3rd of 4 origins shipping wheat to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 267.1 — above 33% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 28 refusals in the last 3 years, 20 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 3,366 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (9); DNEI — Northeast (8); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (7).
- Riskiest months
- October, June, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (19), insanitary plant (1), Salmonella (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (6), not in English (3), FSVP violation (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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3668409-4 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSEI. insanitary plantSalmonella
- H77-0240087-7 WHEAT FLOUR, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3679040-4 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3678945-5 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-1641585-7 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3963119-4 GRAM FLOUR Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- KM6-3657933-6 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3963922-1 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- KM6-3658027-6 GRAM FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EJ4-0055966-5 BARLEY FLOUR Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- KM6-1632785-4 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3656238-1 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 9AJ-0000116-4 GRAM FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- EU9-8607863-9 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3637755-8 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- EJ4-0052894-2 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 300-7093244-9 SOYBEAN FLOUR, MEAL, OR POWDER Import division DNBI. no common namenutrition labelingno process filing
- KM6-3630307-5 GRAM FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 82S-0004078-8 GRAM FLOUR Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 8L5-0002213-8 BARLEY FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 33 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 →