Turkey — Spices, Flavors, and Salts — Spices-Other
Turkey received 10 FDA import refusals in Spices-Other, part of Spices, Flavors, and Salts between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, unsafe color additive, and poisonous or deleterious substance. Measured against US import value, that runs at 74.4 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 spices-other from Turkey
Lower risk. Turkey ranks 16th of 17 origins shipping spices-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 74.4 — above 6% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 3,220 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 7th highest refusal rate of 9 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (7); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- March, May, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Salmonella (5), poisonous or deleterious substance (2), unsafe color additive (2), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (1), no manufacturer name (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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- DF4-1647484-2 MINT, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- 523-1460576-8 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 799-5750586-6 POPPYSEED, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNBI. no manufacturer name
- 9AG-0089001-4 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- DP4-3998719-0 CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- DP4-8659018-6 CUMIN, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- F23-9329289-1 MINT, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 024-1663802-7 PAPRIKA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- F23-9308997-4 SAFFRON, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 024-1659028-5 PAPRIKA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- DP4-8424342-4 SALT (TABLE SALT) N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- J89-0135468-0 MINT, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- J89-0135322-9 MINT, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- CIU-8109403-3 CUMIN, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- J89-0135485-4 MINT, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- J89-0135410-2 MINT, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 655-2204682-4 MARJORAM, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 17 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 2026-10-15. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →