India — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Groundnut
India received 20 FDA import refusals in Groundnut, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are insanitary plant, insanitary handling, and Salmonella. Measured against US import value, that runs at 672.8 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 groundnut from India
Higher risk. India ranks 1st of 3 origins shipping groundnut to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 672.8 — the highest of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 19 refusals in the last 3 years, 18 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 503 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (10); DWCI — West Coast (5); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (2).
- Riskiest months
- July, February, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary handling (10), insanitary plant (10), Salmonella (7), mycotoxin (2), poisonous or deleterious substance (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3684715-4 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3689185-5 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- KM6-3681336-2 PEANUT, IN SHELL Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3680104-5 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3679368-9 PEANUT, IN SHELL Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3679305-1 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3680069-0 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- KM6-3677777-3 PEANUT, IN SHELL Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3678424-1 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3677823-5 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 8KP-0071041-9 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. aflatoxinfilth
- KM6-1633769-7 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. insanitary handlingSalmonella
- KM6-3653121-2 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- KM6-3645046-2 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. mycotoxin
- 8ML-0036868-9 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- KM6-1614105-7 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- KM6-3618089-5 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. mycotoxininsanitary plantinsanitary handlingSalmonella
- KM6-1608579-1 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- KM6-1604338-6 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- KM6-3599526-9 PEANUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 32 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 2026-09-14. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →