United Kingdom — Fruit and Fruit Products
United Kingdom received 5 FDA import refusals in Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, insanitary conditions, and no manufacturer name. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from United Kingdom, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fruit and fruit products from United Kingdom
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (3); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- filth (4), insanitary conditions (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit-Other | 4 | — | — | filth |
| Tropical | 1 | — | — | filth |
| Berries-Grapes | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- EB5-1631225-4 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- SCS-3255700-8 DATES (PIT FRUIT), (PIT FRUIT) Import division DSEI. filth
- SCS-6724441-4 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- SCS-4854675-4 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- BNI-0137117-6 ACKEES (SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT PULP) Import division DNEI. insanitary conditions
- 799-4671603-2 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 231-8108592-5 CURRANTS, BLACK, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER AND CANDIED Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- K79-0169446-6 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT PUREES) Import division DNBI. filth
- AEK-0965402-9 TAMARIND, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DNBI. filth
- AEK-0965418-5 TAMARIND, TOPPING OR SYRUP Import division DNBI. filth
- EQF-0038683-1 CURRANTS, BLACK CASSIS, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 11 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 2026-10-02. To get new ones for United Kingdom by email, watch United Kingdom.
United Kingdom country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →