India — Nuts and Edible Seeds
India received 166 FDA import refusals in Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 30 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous substance, insanitary plant, and insanitary handling. 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 nuts and edible seeds from India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 170 refusals in the last 3 years, 165 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (87); DSEI — Southeast (24); DWCI — West Coast (24).
- Riskiest months
- September, July, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous substance (75), unsafe food additive (35), Salmonella (24), pesticide residue (22), insanitary handling (19).
- Paperwork to get right
- ingredients not listed (7), nutrition labeling (6), no manufacturer name (5).
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 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other-Nuts | 125 | 275 t | 979.7 | poisonous substance |
| Groundnut | 19 | 503 t | 672.8 | insanitary plant |
| Sesame | 25 | 2,402 t | 143.8 | pesticide residue |
| Cashew | 1 | — | — | Salmonella |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 170 | 634 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
- KM6-3678696-4 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- KM6-3686052-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. unsafe food additivepoisonous substanceunapproved new drug
- DP4-8687034-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DWCI. filthSalmonellaunsafe food additivepoisonous substance
- 581-0316114-6 SESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNBI. refused establishment inspection
- KM6-3682531-7 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceunapproved new drug
- 1FX-3841210-3 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DWCI. poisonous substance
- 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
- 1FX-2930859-0 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- H67-1721368-9 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DNEI. poisonous substance
- 9GX-0257348-2 BETEL NUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveunsafe dietary usepoisonous substance
- 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
- 1FX-1664088-0 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- 1FX-1663969-2 BETEL NUT, IN SHELL Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- KM6-3677777-3 PEANUT, IN SHELL Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- KM6-3678424-1 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
Data and downloads
Download all 339 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 2026-10-20. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →