Peru — Spices, Flavors and Salts — Spices-Other
Peru received 18 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors and Salts between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 9 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, no manufacturer name, and ingredients not listed. Measured against US import value, that runs at 92.4 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Peru over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import spices-other from Peru
Lower risk. Peru ranks 14th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 92.4 — above 19% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 18 refusals in the last 3 years, 17 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 4,498 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 9th highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (16); DSEI — Southeast (1); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- February, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (16), Salmonella (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (2), FSVP violation (1), no net quantity (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-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- EJ2-0204112-8 PAPRIKA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- BDN-0205476-0 PAPRIKA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filthno manufacturer nameingredients not listedno net quantity+1 more
- 906-0493293-2 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0476857-5 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0477744-4 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0475548-1 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filthno manufacturer name
- 906-0465659-8 PAPRIKA, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0465392-6 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0465669-7 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0466307-3 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0462849-8 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0465617-6 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0465625-9 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0455402-5 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0465674-7 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 516-2156992-3 SPICES AND SEASONING, GROUND, CRACKED, WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K79-0179224-5 PAPRIKA, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- 906-0411765-8 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 906-0400770-1 PAPRIKA, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
- 158-2303115-6 PAPRIKA, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 28 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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Peru country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →