Jamaica — Spices, Flavors and Salts — Spices-Other
Jamaica received 5 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors and Salts between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella and labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 533.7 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Jamaica over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import spices-other from Jamaica
Higher risk. Jamaica ranks 4th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 533.7 — above 81% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (3); DNEI — Northeast (1); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- NGN-0001320-6 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- BNI-0139916-9 CURRY POWDER, GROUND, CRACKED, WITHOUT SALT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- BNI-0140353-2 CURRY POWDER, GROUND, CRACKED, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K51-0105769-0 CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 9TE-1201281-1 CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K51-0099297-0 MIXED SPICE AND SEAONINGS, WITHOUT SALT, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labeling
- NMH-0020934-5 CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K51-0096864-0 CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K51-0095402-0 CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT Import division DSEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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 2026-07-13. To get new ones for Jamaica by email, watch Jamaica.
Jamaica country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →