India — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
India received 230 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 43 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, Salmonella, and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from India, 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 India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 261 refusals in the last 3 years, 252 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (97); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (49); DSEI — Southeast (42).
- Riskiest months
- February, November, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (243), filth (4), Salmonella (3), insanitary plant (2), unsafe color additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (12), color not declared (3), label not conspicuous (3).
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 | 43 | 40 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 37 | 36 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 28 | 3,366 t | 267.1 | pesticide residue |
| Rice | 224 | 7,797 t | 88.1 | pesticide residue |
| Grains-Starch-Other | 7 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Maize-Corn | 2 | — | — | mycotoxin |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 254 | 7,370 t |
"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
- 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
- KM6-3668409-4 GRAM FLOUR Import division DSEI. insanitary plantSalmonella
- KM6-3678685-7 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- H77-0240087-7 WHEAT FLOUR, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. pesticide residue
- 82S-0005138-9 SORGHUM (MILO), WHOLE GRAIN 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
- KM6-3677682-5 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
Data and downloads
Download all 327 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 2026-10-21. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →