Nigeria — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch — Wheat
Nigeria received 5 FDA import refusals in Wheat, part of Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no net quantity, ingredients not listed, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 589.8 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Nigeria over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import wheat from Nigeria
Above the median. Nigeria ranks 2nd of 4 origins shipping wheat to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 589.8 — above 67% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 3 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 12,772 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the lowest refusal rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (3); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- filth (2), Salmonella (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (2), FSVP violation (1), unauthorized health claim (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-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- U72-0540217-6 POTATO FLOUR Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynutrition labelingunauthorized health claim
- U72-0539608-9 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- 9AJ-0007933-8 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- U72-0537404-5 POTATO FLOUR Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- 9AJ-0861338-0 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filthno net quantity
- F77-0034866-6 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. label not conspicuousingredients not listednutrition labelingno manufacturer name+2 more
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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 2026-05-14. To get new ones for Nigeria by email, watch Nigeria.
Nigeria country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →