Thailand — Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) — Sauces-Prepared

Thailand received 11 FDA import refusals in Sauces-Prepared, part of Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, FSVP violation, and pesticide residue. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Thailand, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import sauces-prepared from Thailand

Hazard or paperwork: Of 11 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (5); DWCI — West Coast (3); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (2).
Riskiest months: January, February, March, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: filth (6), pesticide residue (1).
Paperwork to get right: FSVP violation (3), no process filing (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	0	0	0
2024-Q1	2	1	1
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	1	1	0
2025-Q4	3	2	1
2026-Q1	3	1	2
2026-Q2	0	0	0
2026-Q3	1	1	0

Recent refusals

U10-1261250-7 2026-08-31 CURRY PASTE Import division DNBI. filth
EAG-2224430-1 2026-02-11 SAUCES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
W96-3607727-8 2026-01-27 CHILI SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
8NP-0811163-9 2026-01-06 MULTIPLE FOOD SPECIALITIES, SIDE DISHES AND DESSERTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. no process filing
W96-3607491-1 2025-12-19 SOY SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
KM6-3657875-9 2025-12-13 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
AC1-8150428-6 2025-11-17 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
KM6-3648595-5 2025-07-25 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
DZ1-1170998-3 2025-05-29 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
065-0604892-2 2024-03-18 CHILI SAUCE Import division DWCI. filth
W96-3603561-5 2024-02-02 CHILI SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
M42-1328008-2 2022-06-15 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
W96-3599166-9 2022-03-23 CHILI SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
W96-3599118-0 2022-03-08 SOY SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
W96-3598886-3 2022-01-24 SOY SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
W96-3598837-6 2022-01-24 CHILI SAUCE Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
906-0289518-0 2021-05-13 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
U10-1202091-7 2021-02-01 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
HK1-2004539-6 2021-01-22 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
DZ1-1107339-8 2021-01-19 PASTES, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue

Data and downloads

Download all 30 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 2026-08-31. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.

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