Japan — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other

Above the median. Japan ranks 10th of 31 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 6,552 — above 70% of them.

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Japan received 32 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, color lblg, and listeria. Measured against US import value, that runs at 6,552 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Japan over the last 3 years.

Of these, 28 were hazard refusals and 4 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

K64-3065334-0 2026-07-17 DNEIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
1FX-1073624-6 2026-03-17 DNBIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
AQ1-7049768-2 2026-03-03 DWCIBURDOCK, GOBO (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
799-9460018-0 2026-02-09 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) color lblg
K64-3062281-6 2025-12-15 DNEIENOKITAKE listeria
AFF-2018694-6 2025-12-11 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
427-8311669-4 2025-09-24 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
427-8311700-7 2025-09-24 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
K64-3061401-1 2025-09-11 DNEIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
8YW-0004739-8 2025-09-05 DWCIGINGER ROOT, WITH SAUCE unsafe colcolor lblgneeds fceno process
K64-3061488-8 2025-08-22 DNEIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
K64-3059978-2 2025-08-05 DNEIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
235-1744896-7 2025-06-30 DWCIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
235-1741515-6 2025-04-15 DWCIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
AFF-2018122-8 2025-04-11 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) no english
235-1740486-1 2025-03-21 DWCIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) yellow #5
DZ1-1168655-3 2025-02-24 DNEIGINGER ROOT (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg
481-0188333-7 2025-01-13 DNEIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe col
799-4845546-5 2024-12-26 DSEISEAWEED, JUICE OR DRINK list ingreinconspiculacks n/cjuice %
BDD-6707373-0 2024-12-09 DWCIRADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) unsafe colcolor lblg