Senegal: FDA food import refusals, 2020–2025
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Senegal was the origin of 79 of 22,158 US food import refusals in 2020–2025 (0.4%), ranking 46th of 146 origins. 95% were hazard findings and 5% paperwork alone. 97% concerned fishery/seafood products; the most-cited safety charge was histamine, and the most-cited paperwork charge inadequate process control.
Every US food import refusal naming Senegal 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 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.0% | 92 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.0% | 84 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0.1% | 62 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0.4% | 41 |
| 2025 | 59 | 1.0% | 16 |
| 2020–2025 | 79 | 0.4% | 46 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% |
| 2025 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 96.6% |
| 2020–2025 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 94.9% |
By industry
| FDA industry | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishery/Seafood Products rates → Fish-other, Tuna |
0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 77 (97.5%) | — |
| Vegetable Oils (Includes Olive Oil) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.3%) | — |
| Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.3%) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histamine (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 62 (78.5%) | — |
| Process and registration (paperwork) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 29 (36.7%) | — |
| Filth and insanitary conditions (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 22 (27.8%) | — |
| Contaminants (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 (6.3%) | new |
| Labelling (paperwork) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (3.8%) | — |
| Undeclared allergens (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.3%) | — |
| Salmonella (hazard) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.3%) | new |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
histamine HISTAMINE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 62 | — |
filth FILTHY |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 21 | — |
poisonous substance POISONORD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | new |
undeclared allergen ALLERGEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
Salmonella SALMONELLA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
under-processed UNDER PRC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
Paperwork charges
| Charge | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inadequate process control INADPRCCTL |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | new |
no acidified-food filing NEEDS ACID |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | new |
color not declared COLOR LBLG |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
false or misleading label FALSE |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
labeling LABELING |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
no manufacturer name LACKS FIRM |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
no net quantity LACKS N/C |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
ingredients not listed LIST INGRE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
no food-canning registration NEEDS FCE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | new |
not in English NO ENGLISH |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
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 February.
Hazard or paperwork
| Kind | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard findings | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | August |
| Paperwork only | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | February |
By charge group
| Charge group | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histamine | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | August |
| Process and registration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | August |
| Filth and insanitary conditions | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | September |
| Contaminants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | November |
| Labelling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | February |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | — |
| DWCI — West Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | — |
| DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | — |
| DNEI — Northeast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | — |
| DSEI — Southeast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | — |
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.
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