Jamaica: FDA food import refusals, 2020–2025
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Jamaica was the origin of 68 of 22,156 US food import refusals in 2020–2025 (0.3%), ranking 52nd of 146 origins. 76% were hazard findings and 24% paperwork alone. 21% concerned fruit and fruit products; the most-cited safety charge was Salmonella, and the most-cited paperwork charge no process filing.
Every US food import refusal naming Jamaica as origin, 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025. A refusal is one import entry, however many product lines it carried. Download every table (CSV).
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By year
| Year | Refusals | Share of US total | Rank among origins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 | 0.4% | 40 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0.4% | 44 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0.4% | 39 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0.5% | 36 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0.2% | 56 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0.1% | 62 |
| 2020–2025 | 68 | 0.3% | 52 |
Year links open that year's refusals, entry by entry.
Tables below show each year 2020–2025; cells are shaded against their row's own peak. Change compares 2025 with 2020 and is shown only where 2020 had at least 10 refusals ("new" where it had none).
Hazard or paperwork
A refusal is a hazard finding when any of its charges is a safety one — filth, pathogens, residues, contaminants, unsafe additives — and paperwork when every charge is labelling, registration or a missing filing. One citing only charge codes FDA has not published is unclassified.
| Year | Hazard findings | Paperwork only | Unclassified | Hazard share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% |
| 2023 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.6% |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% |
| 2020–2025 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 76.5% |
By industry
| FDA industry | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Fruit Products | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 (20.6%) | — |
| Coffee and Tea | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 (14.7%) | — |
| Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 (14.7%) | — |
| Spices, Flavors, and Salts rates → Spices-other |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 (11.8%) | — |
| Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (5.9%) | — |
| Beverage Bases | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 (5.9%) | — |
| Soft Drinks and Waters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 (4.4%) | — |
| Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.4%) | — |
| Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2.9%) | — |
| Dressings and Condiments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (2.9%) | — |
| Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (2.9%) | — |
| Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.9%) | — |
| Fishery/Seafood Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.5%) | — |
| Food Sweeteners (Nutritive) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.5%) | — |
| Soups | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.5%) | — |
| Vegetable Protein Products (Simulated Meats) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.5%) | new |
By charge group
A refusal citing charges in two groups counts once in each, so rows can add up to more than the total.
| Charge group | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labelling (paperwork) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 (30.9%) | — |
| Salmonella (hazard) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 (25.0%) | — |
| Filth and insanitary conditions (hazard) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 (22.1%) | — |
| Process and registration (paperwork) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 (19.1%) | — |
| Pesticide residues (hazard) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 (13.2%) | — |
| Undeclared allergens (hazard) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 (8.8%) | — |
| Unsafe additives (hazard) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (5.9%) | — |
| Contaminants (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.9%) | — |
Most-cited charges
FDA's own charge codes, with a plain-English label. Each is counted once per refusal.
Safety charges
| Charge | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salmonella SALMONELLA |
6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | — |
filth FILTHY |
2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | — |
pesticide residue PESTICIDE |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | — |
undeclared allergen ALLERGEN |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — |
insanitary conditions INSANITARY |
0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
unsafe color additive UNSAFE COL |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
poisonous or deleterious substance POISONOUS |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
Paperwork charges
| Charge | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no process filing NO PROCESS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — |
nutrition labeling NUTRIT LBL |
0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | — |
no food-canning registration NEEDS FCE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
no net quantity LACKS N/C |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — |
labeling LABELING |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — |
ingredients not listed LIST INGRE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — |
not in English NO ENGLISH |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — |
color not declared COLOR LBLG |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
unauthorized health claim HEALTH C |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
unapproved new drug UNAPPROVED |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
By month
Pooled across 2020–2025. Each row is shaded against its own peak, so its season shows whatever its size. Hazard findings peak in August; Paperwork only peak in April.
Hazard or paperwork
| Kind | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard findings | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | August |
| Paperwork only | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | April |
By charge group
| Charge group | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labelling | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | April |
| Salmonella | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | June |
| Filth and insanitary conditions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | May |
| Process and registration | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | July |
| Pesticide residues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | June |
Import divisions
The FDA division that handled the entry. DSWI and DNBI are the Mexican and Canadian land borders, so this says as much about the route as about the product.
| Division | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSEI — Southeast | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 51 | — |
| DNEI — Northeast | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | — |
| DWCI — West Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
Method
- Source: FDA Import Refusal Report (U.S. Food and Drug Administration); every food import refusal dated 2020–2025.
- Counts are import entries, not product lines. A refusal naming several origins counts once for each, so origin shares can add up to more than 100%.
- Charge groups are this site's grouping of FDA's charge codes; a code belongs to the first group that claims it, the same rule as the hazard pages.
- A charge is what FDA cited to refuse the entry, often on appearance or documents rather than a laboratory result. Counts depend on how often each product is examined, so they are not a rate of unsafe food.
- Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Cite as "Jamaica: FDA food import refusals, 2020–2025", fruit-risk.com, 2026-09-20, https://fdair.fruit-risk.com/reports/jamaica.html.
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