India — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings — Bakery

India received 180 FDA import refusals in Bakery, part of Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 29 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, unsafe color additive, and color not declared. Measured against US import value, that runs at 280.2 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 bakery from India

Higher risk. India ranks 3rd of 13 origins shipping bakery to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 280.2 — above 83% of them.

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 191 refusals in the last 3 years, 178 were hazard findings and 13 paperwork alone.
Refusals against import volume: On average, 1 refusal per 1,105 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest refusal rate of 9 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (71); DSEI — Southeast (46); DWCI — West Coast (34).
Riskiest months: October, January, December, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: filth (138), unsafe color additive (25), insanitary handling (12), insanitary plant (11), Salmonella (8).
Paperwork to get right: color not declared (20), nutrition labeling (16), ingredients not listed (15).

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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2024-Q1	6	6	0
2024-Q2	5	4	1
2024-Q3	15	12	3
2024-Q4	17	16	1
2025-Q1	19	17	2
2025-Q2	15	13	2
2025-Q3	29	26	3
2025-Q4	26	25	1
2026-Q1	27	27	0
2026-Q2	9	9	0
2026-Q3	6	6	0
2026-Q4	6	6	0

Recent refusals

H67-1724012-0 2026-10-21 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
DP4-1096431-7 2026-10-20 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
KM6-3686224-5 2026-10-20 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
RTW-0045096-4 2026-10-16 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
KM6-3688178-1 2026-10-13 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
SCS-1120239-5 2026-10-02 PAPAD Import division DSEI. filth
EJ4-0061831-3 2026-09-21 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
B4S-1015560-2 2026-09-08 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
SCS-2989532-1 2026-08-26 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
KM6-3684422-7 2026-08-25 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
MQ9-0213297-5 2026-08-12 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
KM6-3678694-9 2026-08-10 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filthunsafe color additiveingredients not listedno net quantity+4 more
B4S-1014531-4 2026-06-23 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
8P5-0090281-9 2026-06-11 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno common nameundeclared allergenlabeling+3 more
KM6-3675124-0 2026-06-10 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
RTW-0040803-8 2026-05-12 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
B4S-1014638-7 2026-05-06 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
KM6-3677132-1 2026-05-06 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
235-2352647-5 2026-04-15 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
B4S-1014323-6 2026-04-10 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth

Data and downloads

Download all 358 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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