Turkey — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch
Turkey received 7 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch between 2025-Q2 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q3. The most-cited issues are Salmonella and pesticide residue. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Turkey, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products, and starch from Turkey
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (6); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (6), pesticide residue (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 6 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 6 | 691 t | 1,095 | Salmonella |
| Rice | 1 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 7 | 1,468 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
- AZR-0001928-2 RICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- DP4-3951810-2 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3951804-5 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3951588-4 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3949514-5 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3951578-5 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3902610-6 SEMOLINA, WHEAT Import division DNBI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 7 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 2026-08-10. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →