Peru — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
Peru received 6 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2024-Q3 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and no manufacturer name. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Peru, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products, and starch from Peru
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (4), filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (1), not in English (1), nutrition labeling (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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 9 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 3 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Maize-Corn | 2 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Rice | 1 | — | — | pesticide residue |
"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
- J21-0118259-5 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 164-0306573-9 CORN, MILLED PRODUCT N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DU7-0143494-4 BARLEY FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DU7-0141460-7 BARLEY FLOUR Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AMG-0164439-6 FLOURS AND MEALS N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- 9UA-0299300-6 CORN, BOLTED MEAL OR FLOUR Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namenot in Englishnutrition labeling
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 2026-09-18. To get new ones for Peru by email, watch Peru.
Peru country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →