Lebanon — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Sesame

Above the median. Lebanon ranks 2nd of 4 origins shipping sesame to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 3,486 — above 67% of them.

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Lebanon received 16 FDA import refusals in Sesame, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 9 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are salmonella, mfr insan, and mfr inj. Measured against US import value, that runs at 3,486 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Lebanon over the last 3 years.

Of these, 16 were hazard refusals and 0 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

DP4-3938494-3 2026-03-24 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) salmonella
DP4-3891333-8 2025-10-09 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) salmonella
F87-2400069-7 2024-11-20 DWCISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insan
BSL-0422881-4 2024-06-04 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. insanitarysalmonella
F87-2301508-4 2024-04-29 DWCISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insanmfr injsalmonella
BSL-0422793-1 2024-04-24 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insansalmonella
BSL-0422794-9 2024-04-24 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insansalmonella
BSL-0422807-9 2024-04-24 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insansalmonella
F87-2301300-6 2024-04-17 DWCISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. salmonella
BSL-0422642-0 2024-04-12 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. salmonella
BSL-0422713-9 2024-04-04 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr injsalmonella
BSL-0422870-7 2024-04-03 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr insansalmonella
541-2783640-8 2024-03-28 DNBISESAME SEED PASTE, EDIBLE SEED BUTTERS mfr insanmfr injsalmonella
F87-2301362-6 2024-03-20 DWCISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. mfr inj
541-2782430-5 2024-02-29 DNEISESAME SEED PASTE, EDIBLE SEED BUTTERS mfr insanmfr injsalmonella
164-0296598-8 2023-10-18 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
164-0291838-3 2022-08-19 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
9EX-2205122-4 2022-08-08 DWCISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) lacks n/csalmonellanutrit lbl
DP4-8528999-6 2022-07-18 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
BQB-0025051-3 2022-06-27 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) salmonella