India — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Sesame

Lower risk. India ranks 4th of 4 origins shipping sesame to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 195.6 — the lowest of them.

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India received 59 FDA import refusals in Sesame, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 16 in 2023-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide, salmonella, and filthy. Measured against US import value, that runs at 195.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.

Of these, 59 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

KM6-3662050-2 2026-02-20 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
084-1803027-9 2026-01-22 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
DP4-3942928-4 2025-09-22 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonellapesticide
EJ4-0056635-5 2025-09-18 DSWISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
KM6-3657417-0 2025-09-09 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
KM6-3645310-2 2025-07-22 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
8K9-2415194-5 2025-07-10 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
KM6-1622557-9 2025-01-28 DWCISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
KM6-3637537-0 2025-01-27 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
KM6-3639045-2 2025-01-10 DSWISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
KM6-3632692-8 2024-12-26 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) filthy
KM6-3629982-8 2024-08-16 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
KM6-3624668-8 2024-07-17 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
KM6-3626251-1 2024-07-15 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) unsafe colpesticidefilthyunsafe add+8 more
D79-0031827-1 2024-07-08 DSEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
BUU-1627192-2 2024-04-29 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
EJ2-0167008-3 2024-04-24 DWCISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticidelacks firm
KM6-3624315-6 2024-04-18 DSWISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticidepoisonord
K79-0180159-0 2024-03-26 DSWISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) pesticide
H67-1662834-1 2024-03-26 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella