Turkey — Nuts and Edible Seeds — Sesame

Below the median. Turkey ranks 3rd of 4 origins shipping sesame to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 388.1 — above 33% of them.

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Turkey received 8 FDA import refusals in Sesame, part of Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are salmonella, nutrit lbl, and poisonous. Measured against US import value, that runs at 388.1 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.

Of these, 7 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

NRR-0000190-6 2026-07-21 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) pesticidenutrit lblno process
DP4-3998890-9 2026-02-23 DWCISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. poisonousmfr injsalmonella
SCS-5018601-0 2026-02-02 DSEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) salmonella
K09-0097846-9 2026-01-16 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
8RG-2585712-5 2025-11-10 DNEISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. salmonella
AZR-4747838-4 2025-07-11 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) poisonousmfr insanmfr inj
DP4-3887540-4 2025-06-24 DSEISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. falselacks n/cno englishnutrit lbl
DP4-3839108-9 2025-03-03 DSEISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. poisonousinsanitarymfr injsalmonella
8RG-2343479-4 2023-07-12 DNEISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. salmonella
W24-1391000-1 2023-04-28 DNBISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
332-0265019-9 2022-07-26 DWCISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) salmonella
332-0267087-4 2022-07-20 DWCISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) fsvp vio
DP4-8464256-7 2022-02-07 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
267-0247486-2 2022-01-21 DSWISESAME SEED PASTE, EDIBLE SEED BUTTERS no processsalmonella
AZR-4739616-4 2021-12-03 DSWISESAME SEED PASTE, EDIBLE SEED BUTTERS nutrit lbl
AZR-4739583-6 2021-12-03 DSWISESAME SEED PASTE, EDIBLE SEED BUTTERS nutrit lbl
523-1277266-9 2021-08-04 DNEISESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. salmonella
F23-9260057-3 2021-06-14 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella
F23-9260139-9 2021-06-08 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) labelingnutrit lblsalmonella
8V6-0004661-0 2021-06-02 DNEISESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) salmonella