Thailand — Spices, Flavors, and Salts — Spices-Other

Thailand received 4 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors, and Salts between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, poisonous or deleterious substance, and filth. Measured against US import value, that runs at 238.0 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Thailand over the last 3 years.

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Key figures

If you import spices-other from Thailand

Below the median. Thailand ranks 10th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 238.0 — above 44% of them.

least riskmost risk

Hazard or paperwork: Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
Refusals against import volume: On average, 1 refusal per 1,007 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 8 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Where refusals happen: DWCI — West Coast (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
Riskiest months: February, June, October, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: Salmonella (3), filth (1), poisonous or deleterious substance (1).
Paperwork to get right: label not conspicuous (1), labeling (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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

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

Recent refusals

8NP-0813097-7 2026-10-07 WHOLE SPICE, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
555-0727946-5 2026-06-03 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
AC1-6555299-6 2026-01-16 TURMERIC, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labeling+4 more
555-0721116-1 2025-06-26 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
EJ2-0164787-5 2023-12-21 PANDANUS LEAF, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
555-0705428-0 2023-08-04 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
906-0332483-4 2022-02-14 GINGER, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. sulfites not declared
D52-0158983-1 2021-12-21 SPICES, GROUND, CRACKED, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
D52-0137432-5 2021-11-03 SPICES, GROUND, CRACKED, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substance
SCS-1951870-5 2020-10-09 CURRY LEAF, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameno net quantity
BDD-0686443-9 2020-03-20 CURRY POWDER, LIQUID, WITHOUT SALT Import division DWCI. insanitary conditions
555-0676745-2 2020-02-12 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
AEK-6805767-5 2020-02-07 GINGER, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substancelabelingfilth

Data and downloads

Download all 13 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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Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →