Turkey — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
Turkey received 15 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no process filing, pesticide residue, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 305.1 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import vegetables-other from Turkey
Below the median. Turkey ranks 13th of 24 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 305.1 — above 48% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 16 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 1,011 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 5th highest refusal rate of 17 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (5); DSEI — Southeast (5); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- December, February, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (6), filth (1), unsafe food additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no process filing (8), nutrition labeling (5), no food-canning registration (4).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 024-1695270-9 CAULIFLOWER (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. no process filing
- B8P-0417482-1 TOMATO, DRIED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 417-0407639-1 CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedunsafe food additiveno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 523-1452262-5 TZAHP CHOY (CHINESE CANNED SWEET PICKLES MADE FROM MIXED VEGETABLES) (MIXED VEGETABLES) Import division DNEI. no process filing
- F23-9334435-3 BLACKEYE PEAS Import division DNBI. pesticide residuefalse or misleading labelno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 147-0246556-9 NAVY (WHITE) BEANS (BAKED BEANS, PORK & BEANS), IN SAUCE Import division DNEI. no process filing
- 196-1547485-5 TOMATO, DRIED Import division DNBI. no process filing
- 224-4276211-2 OKRA, WITH SAUCE Import division DWCI. no food-canning registrationno process filingno acidified-food filing
- DP4-3909108-4 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- WR1-0250064-7 KIDNEY BEAN Import division DSEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 8GM-0092154-7 BEANS, CORN, AND PEA, N.E.C. (VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- J50-0185753-9 TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- AZR-4745587-9 LENTILS, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. not in Englishfilthnutrition labelingno food-canning registration+1 more
- 332-0283782-0 TOMATO, DRIED Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- DF4-1617488-9 TOMATO, DRIED Import division DNBI. pesticide residueno net quantitynot in Englishno common name+1 more
- DP4-8593299-1 TURNIP, JUICE OR DRINK Import division DSWI. nutrition labeling
- 176-1012755-1 GARBANZO BEAN Import division DNEI. no process filing
- U46-1090650-3 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- U46-1091682-5 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- AZR-4741718-4 SQUASH, SUMMER, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 25 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 2026-10-14. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →