India — Milk, Butter and Dried Milk Products
India received 8 FDA import refusals in Milk, Butter and Dried Milk Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, no process filing, and color not declared. 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 milk, butter and dried milk products from India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- July, November, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (3), filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (2), color not declared (1), false or misleading label (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- KM6-3680439-5 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- RTW-0040274-2 MILK, CONCENTRATED, EVAPORATED, CONDENSED, LOW FAT Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- KM6-3658579-6 BUTTER OIL Import division DNEI. labelingnutrition labelingfilth
- KM6-3654846-3 BUTTER OIL Import division DNEI. false or misleading labelsubstitution
- 799-8145313-8 NON FAT MILK PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unauthorized health claim
- 9PM-2671120-2 MILK, CONCENTRATED, EVAPORATED, CONDENSED, LOW FAT Import division DNBI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 9AJ-0835415-9 MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE Import division DNEI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedno net quantitynutrition labeling
- KM6-3597951-1 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no process filingunsafe color additiveFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- KM6-3601046-4 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no process filing
- KM6-3599472-6 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filingunsafe color additivecolor not declared
- KM6-3597952-9 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredno food-canning registrationno process filing
- KM6-3579790-5 BUTTER OIL Import division DNEI. false or misleading labelundeclared allergenunauthorized health claim
- KM6-3565533-5 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DNEI. no process filing
Data and downloads
Download all 13 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 2026-07-14. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →