South Africa — Fruit and Fruit Products — Berries-Grapes
South Africa received 8 FDA import refusals in Berries-Grapes, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and below standard of quality. Measured against US import value, that runs at 46.0 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from South Africa over the last 3 years.
Key figures
If you import berries-grapes from South Africa
Below the median. South Africa ranks 5th of 8 origins shipping berries-grapes to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 46.0 — above 43% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 7,989 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (7); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- March, November, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (7), unsafe color additive (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 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- BNI-0148134-8 STRAWBERRY, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER AND CANDIED Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- HK8-0362634-8 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 9RK-4264886-5 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
- 98F-0104781-8 RAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- HK8-0352728-0 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- HK8-0350703-5 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 97Y-0202568-0 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 691-0243704-8 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 8M6-0064676-8 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DWCI. filth
- 97Y-0189533-1 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 97Y-0189531-5 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 97Y-0185970-9 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- B6S-3510339-2 GRAPES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3510338-4 GRAPES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3510410-1 GRAPES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- B6S-3510341-8 GRAPES (BERRY) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- CIU-8502242-8 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNBI. below standard of quality
- CIU-8502244-4 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNBI. below standard of quality
- 97Y-0180589-2 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. filth
- 97Y-0180483-8 RAISINS (DRIED GRAPES) (BERRY) Import division DNEI. 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.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-18. To get new ones for South Africa by email, watch South Africa.
South Africa country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →