Lebanon — Fruit and Fruit Products
Lebanon received 8 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, no net quantity, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Lebanon, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fruit and fruit products from Lebanon
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DNEI — Northeast (4).
- Riskiest months
- June, July, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (6), pesticide residue (1), poisonous or deleterious substance (1), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (1), no manufacturer name (1), no net quantity (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit-Other | 5 | — | — | filth |
| Stone-Fruit | 2 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
| Tropical | 1 | — | — | poisonous or deleterious substance |
| Berries-Grapes | 0 | — | — | — |
| Citrus | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- DP4-1035044-2 TAMARIND, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNEI. filth
- DP4-1028241-3 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNEI. filth
- 196-2559041-9 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filthpesticide residue
- J89-0147225-0 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNEI. filth
- 251-2143128-9 APRICOT, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8AH-0001040-7 MIXED FRUIT, TOPPING OR SYRUP, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- DP4-8662909-1 APRICOT, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. sulfites not declaredfilthno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- 541-2784790-0 FIG, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- K09-0087599-6 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- K09-0085034-6 ORANGE, CITRUS FRUIT JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DNBI. label not conspicuousnutrition labeling
- THW-4090812-5 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. not in English
- 231-6913869-6 APRICOT, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedcolor not declared
- 300-2978252-1 PINEAPPLE, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclaredno net quantityno food-canning registration
- 164-0290239-5 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- 164-0290212-2 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. filth
- 164-0289099-6 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. filth
- 9AP-0007873-5 OLIVES, GREEN, (PIT FRUIT) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno common namenutrition labeling+2 more
- J89-0137855-6 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. filth
- W24-1378108-9 FIG, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedfilthlabel not conspicuousundeclared allergen
- 97N-0466906-6 OTHER FRUIT AND FRUIT PRODUCTS, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+3 more
Data and downloads
Download all 22 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 2026-07-24. To get new ones for Lebanon by email, watch Lebanon.
Lebanon country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →