Vietnam — Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch
Vietnam received 8 FDA import refusals in Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products and Starch between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, unsafe color additive, and color not declared. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Vietnam, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import whole grains, milled grain products and starch from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (7); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- July, March, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (7), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 7 | 25,533 t | 37.1 | pesticide residue |
| Grains-Starch-Other | 1 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 7 | 25,533 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
- 427-8801551-1 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- B3T-2600511-5 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- DZ1-1185769-1 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 427-8801010-8 RICE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) N.E.C. Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1165032-6 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1165037-5 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- 9PS-1164465-9 RICE, FRAGRANT, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- TZ6-6145551-7 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- ATG-1136223-9 RICE, JASMINE, PROCESSED (PACKAGED) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- HK1-2003260-0 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- HK1-2003074-5 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- HK1-1905116-5 TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
Data and downloads
Download all 12 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 2026-07-14. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →