Nigeria — Nuts and Edible Seeds
Nigeria received 4 FDA import refusals in Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, no net quantity, 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
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 2 were hazard refusals and 2 were paperwork refusals.
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 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other-Nuts | 3 | — | — | nutrition labeling |
| Groundnut | 1 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
"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
- U72-0540487-5 NUTS, IN SHELL, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. no net quantitynutrition labelingingredients not listedno manufacturer name+3 more
- BNI-0137692-8 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNEI. no manufacturer name
- 8B4-0009725-7 EGUSI SEEDS (SUBSPECIES OF THE WATERMELON SPECIES) (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) Import division DNBI. false or misleading labelno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 88P-0001619-4 PEANUT, PASTE Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedcolor not declaredlabelingnutrition labeling+1 more
- U72-0534723-1 BREADNUT SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) Import division DSWI. filth
- U10-5211668-2 OGBONO NUTS, NUT FLOUR/MEAL Import division DNBI. filth
- BNI-0104605-9 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- BNI-0102093-0 MELON SEEDS (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- BNI-0100791-1 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common nameno manufacturer name+1 more
- 196-1528571-5 EGUSI SEEDS (SUBSPECIES OF THE WATERMELON SPECIES) (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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 2026-08-10. To get new ones for Nigeria by email, watch Nigeria.
Nigeria country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →