Nigeria — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
Nigeria received 10 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no net quantity, Salmonella, and ingredients not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Nigeria, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products, and starch from Nigeria
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2).
- Riskiest months
- September, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (4), filth (3), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (3), unauthorized health claim (2), ingredients not listed (2).
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 5 | 12,772 t | 589.8 | no net quantity |
| Grains-Starch-Other | 4 | — | — | Salmonella |
| Maize-Corn | 1 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
| Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 5 | 12,772 t |
"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
- U72-0540606-0 STARCH PRODUCTS N.E.C. Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- 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
- U72-0537510-9 STARCH PRODUCTS N.E.C. Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- U72-0537404-5 POTATO FLOUR Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- AR8-2023130-6 CORN, BOLTED MEAL OR FLOUR Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynutrition labelingnot in English+5 more
- 9AJ-0861338-0 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filthno net quantity
- 9AJ-0838926-2 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- AV1-5019407-2 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DNBI. filth
- F77-0034866-6 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DNEI. label not conspicuousingredients not listednutrition labelingno manufacturer name+2 more
- 337-0264650-7 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+1 more
Data and downloads
Download all 12 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 2026-09-08. To get new ones for Nigeria by email, watch Nigeria.
Nigeria country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →