Turkey — All Categories
Turkey received 228 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 30 in 2025-Q3, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, nutrit lbl, and pesticide. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Turkey, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 170 were hazard refusals and 58 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Fruit Products | 59 | — | pesticide |
| Chocolate and Cocoa Products | 34 | — | unsafe col |
| Nuts and Edible Seeds | 27 | — | salmonella |
| Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | 21 | — | unsafe col |
| Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | 20 | — | unapproved |
| Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 17 | — | no process |
| Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | 7 | — | salmonella |
| Food Sweeteners (Nutritive) | 4 | — | nutrit lbl |
Recent rejections
- 417-0413158-4 DNBIFood Sweeteners (Nutritive)MOLASSES list ingrefilthyfalseno english+1 more
- AEK-0510827-8 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansL-ARGININE (PROTEIN) unapproved
- 1FX-3275471-6 DSEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- B8P-0417482-1 DNEIVegetables and Vegetable ProductsTOMATO, DRIED pesticide
- K09-0100327-5 DNBICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumSOFT CANDY WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe addcolor lblgunsafe col
- EI5-3652997-4 DNBICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumTOPPINGS WITHOUT FRUIT, NUTS OR CHOCOLATE N.E.C. colorlabel
- SCS-8521605-5 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsRAISINS, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide
- 718-1128648-4 DSEINuts and Edible SeedsFILBERT, HAZELNUT, SPREAD nutrit lbllist ingrelacks firmlacks n/c+1 more
- AZR-0001928-2 DNEIWhole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and StarchRICE, PLAIN (WHITE OR POLISHED) PROCESSED (PACKAGED) pesticide
- DP4-8684251-2 DNEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- AZR-0002154-4 DNBIChocolate and Cocoa ProductsCHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) unsafe colcolor lblg
- 8RG-2688475-5 DWCIChocolate and Cocoa ProductsCHOCOLATE SYRUP (EXCEPT CHOCOLATE CANDY AND CHOCOLATE BEVERAGE BASE) mfr insanmfr inj
- NRR-0000190-6 DNBINuts and Edible SeedsSESAME SEED (EDIBLE SEED PASTE) pesticidenutrit lblno process
- 605-4588746-9 DNBICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumLOLLIPOP (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- EQ6-0032101-0 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. nutrit lbl
- F23-9354267-5 DNEIFruit and Fruit ProductsCHERRY, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED mfr insanmfr inj
- 8NR-0203121-1 DNBIChocolate and Cocoa ProductsCHOCOLATE BARS unsafe colcolor lblg
- SCS-1621145-7 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. unsafe addunapproved
- RTW-0039489-9 DNBICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumSOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colnutrit lbl
- SCS-8933488-8 DNEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. no english
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 3 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
| 2026-W35 | 1 |
| 2026-W34 | 1 |
| 2026-W33 | 3 |
| 2026-W32 | 2 |
| 2026-W31 | 1 |