Philippines — Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Philippines received 10 FDA import refusals in Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, pesticide residue, and inadequate process control. 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 and vegetable products from Philippines
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 6 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (8); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- July, August, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (3), Salmonella (3).
- 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
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables-Other | 7 | — | — | Salmonella |
| Pepper | 2 | — | — | 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
- BDD-6710903-9 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- K80-2177180-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- BDD-6710574-8 PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- BDD-0782598-3 TARO LEAVES (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- BDD-6800185-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
- BDD-6706871-4 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- BDD-6706712-0 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- BDD-0833968-7 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- 224-3640020-8 BANANA BLOSSOMS (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- 224-3110077-9 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- BDD-0833860-6 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- BDD-0833688-1 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- BDD-6703371-8 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- BDD-0833647-7 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- FY1-8035795-3 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- FY1-8033153-7 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- WCJ-0325609-3 TARO LEAVES (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DWCI. lead
- BDD-0754264-6 BLACK BEANS Import division DNEI. insanitary conditionsno acidified-food filing
- 8MN-0006802-2 BLACK BEANS Import division DWCI. insanitary conditions
- BDD-0686393-6 HUSK TOMATO (TOMATILLO), DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. insanitary conditionsno process filing
Data and downloads
Download all 20 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 Philippines by email, watch Philippines.
Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →