Turkey — Nuts and Edible Seeds
Turkey received 27 FDA import refusals in Nuts and Edible Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, nutrition labeling, and ingredients not listed. 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 nuts and edible seeds from Turkey
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 27 refusals in the last 3 years, 23 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (12); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (7); DNEI — Northeast (6).
- Riskiest months
- June, July, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (15), insanitary handling (4), poisonous or deleterious substance (4), pesticide residue (3), aflatoxin (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (6), no net quantity (3), ingredients not listed (3).
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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistachio | 14 | — | 1,891 | Salmonella |
| Sesame | 8 | 516 t | 388.1 | Salmonella |
| Other-Nuts | 3 | — | — | pesticide residue |
| Hazelnut | 1 | — | — | nutrition labeling |
| Groundnut | 1 | — | — | aflatoxin |
| Sunflower | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 12 | 12,113 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
- 718-1128648-4 FILBERT, HAZELNUT, SPREAD Import division DSEI. nutrition labelingingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- NRR-0000190-6 SESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) Import division DNBI. pesticide residuenutrition labelingno process filing
- 1FX-4758187-0 PISTACHIO, SPREAD Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 196-2559880-0 PINE NUT (PINON), SHELLED Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelnutrition labelingpesticide residue+1 more
- SCS-5103978-7 PISTACHIO, SPREAD Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- DP4-3998890-9 SESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary handlingSalmonella
- SCS-5018601-0 SESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- K09-0097846-9 SESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED) Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- NXW-0008454-5 PEANUT, SHELLED Import division DNBI. aflatoxin
- K09-0098351-9 PISTACHIO, SPREAD Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- DP4-8673622-7 PISTACHIO, PASTE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- F87-2500341-9 PISTACHIO, SHELLED Import division DWCI. filth
- SCS-4563618-5 PISTACHIO, TOPPING Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 8RG-2585712-5 SESAME SEED PASTE (E.G., TAHINA), EDIBLE SEED PROD. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- SCS-5103172-7 PISTACHIO, PASTE Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- SCS-5218897-1 PISTACHIO, SPREAD Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- SCS-4906484-8 PISTACHIO, PASTE Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- SCS-4853328-0 PISTACHIO, PASTE Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 512-1099624-8 PISTACHIO, SPREAD Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handlingSalmonella
- 9DH-0069864-2 PISTACHIO, PASTE Import division DNBI. Salmonellaingredients not listedundeclared allergen
Data and downloads
Download all 58 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 2026-08-14. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →