US Food Import Hazards
What keeps food out of the United States: FDA import refusals grouped by hazard. Each page tracks one hazard across all origins and product categories — yearly trend, the origins cited most often, and the most recent refusal entries citing it.
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Tracked hazards
| Hazard | Notifications | Most-cited origin |
|---|---|---|
| Labelling | 7,426 | Mexico |
| Unsafe additives | 4,269 | Mexico |
| Filth and insanitary conditions | 6,475 | India |
| Salmonella | 2,358 | India |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 473 | China |
| Other pathogens | 33 | Philippines |
| Pesticide residues | 3,860 | Mexico |
| Veterinary drug residues | 434 | China |
| Mycotoxins | 88 | El Salvador |
| Contaminants | 1,810 | China |
| Histamine | 149 | Senegal |
| Undeclared allergens | 511 | India |
| Process and registration | 4,314 | India |
All hazard categories in FDA import refusals
Every hazard category this site tags, ranked by the number of refusals citing it. The tracked hazards above are the agent-level groups readers ask about most; the categories below show the full landscape.
| # | Hazard category | Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labelling | 7,426 |
| 2 | Filth-Insanitary | 6,475 |
| 3 | Process-Registration | 4,314 |
| 4 | Unsafe-Additives | 3,890 |
| 5 | Pesticide-Residues | 3,860 |
| 6 | Salmonella | 2,358 |
| 7 | Contaminants | 1,810 |
| 8 | Other | 686 |
| 9 | Allergens | 511 |
| 10 | Listeria | 473 |
| 11 | Vet-Drug-Residues | 434 |
| 12 | Histamine | 149 |
| 13 | Mycotoxins | 88 |
| 14 | Other-Pathogens | 33 |