Philippines — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other

Philippines received 8 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, inadequate process control, and insanitary conditions. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Philippines, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import vegetables-other from Philippines

Hazard or paperwork: Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DWCI — West Coast (6); DNEI — Northeast (1).
Riskiest months: July, August, April, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: Salmonella (3), pesticide residue (1).
Paperwork to get right: inadequate process control (2), FSVP violation (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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2023-Q4	1	1	0
2024-Q1	1	1	0
2024-Q2	2	1	1
2024-Q3	2	0	2
2024-Q4	0	0	0
2025-Q1	0	0	0
2025-Q2	1	1	0
2025-Q3	0	0	0
2025-Q4	0	0	0
2026-Q1	0	0	0
2026-Q2	0	0	0
2026-Q3	1	1	0

Recent refusals

K80-2177180-4 2026-08-19 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
BDD-0782598-3 2025-04-18 TARO LEAVES (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
BDD-6800185-4 2024-09-13 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
BDD-6706871-4 2024-07-25 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
BDD-6706712-0 2024-06-27 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
BDD-0833968-7 2024-04-01 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
224-3640020-8 2024-01-10 BANANA BLOSSOMS (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
224-3110077-9 2023-10-26 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
BDD-0833860-6 2023-07-10 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
BDD-0833688-1 2022-09-29 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
BDD-6703371-8 2022-08-09 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
BDD-0833647-7 2022-07-20 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
FY1-8035795-3 2021-12-29 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
FY1-8033153-7 2021-08-16 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
WCJ-0325609-3 2020-07-02 TARO LEAVES (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. lead
BDD-0754264-6 2020-06-11 BLACK BEANS Import division DNEI. insanitary conditionsno acidified-food filing
8MN-0006802-2 2020-05-19 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. insanitary conditions
BDD-0686393-6 2020-02-19 HUSK TOMATO (TOMATILLO), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. insanitary conditionsno process filing

Data and downloads

Download all 18 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 2026-08-19. To get new ones for Philippines by email, watch Philippines.

Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →