Philippines — Macaroni and Noodle Products
Philippines received 22 FDA import refusals in Macaroni and Noodle Products between 2024-Q4 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 6 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, color not declared, and unsafe color additive. 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 macaroni and noodle products from Philippines
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 22 refusals in the last 3 years, 19 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (15); DNEI — Northeast (5); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- December, September, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (15), unsafe color additive (4), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (6), no process filing (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 9 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noodles-Pasta | 22 | 298 t | 1,418 | filth |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 22 | 298 t |
"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
- 316-4158762-6 ORIENTAL NOODLES (FLAVORED WITH SHRIMP,CHICKEN,BEEF,LOBSTER,CRAB,PLAIN,ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- BDD-6711353-6 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6711345-2 RICE STICKS Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6801609-2 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-0733969-6 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredlabelingno process filing
- N4A-0519514-0 RICE STICKS Import division DNBI. filth
- 224-3701408-1 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. color not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclaredno common name
- BDD-6801261-2 RICE STICKS Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6710189-5 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-6710174-7 RICE STICKS Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6710052-5 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivefilthcolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- BDD-6801099-6 RICE STICKS Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6709362-1 RICE VERMICELLI Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-0782674-2 NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-0757770-9 MACARONI/NOODLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE MENTIONED, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- BDD-0834344-0 RICE STICKS Import division DWCI. filth
- BDD-6709361-3 WONTON NOODLE SKINS Import division DWCI. color not declarednutrition labeling
- BDD-0834264-0 ORIENTAL NOODLES (FLAVORED WITH SHRIMP,CHICKEN,BEEF,LOBSTER,CRAB,PLAIN,ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- 316-4034842-6 ORIENTAL NOODLES (FLAVORED WITH SHRIMP,CHICKEN,BEEF,LOBSTER,CRAB,PLAIN,ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- 316-4005618-5 ORIENTAL NOODLES (FLAVORED WITH SHRIMP,CHICKEN,BEEF,LOBSTER,CRAB,PLAIN,ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 22 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 2026-10-08. To get new ones for Philippines by email, watch Philippines.
Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →