Senegal: FDA food import refusals, 2020–2025

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Senegal was the origin of 79 of 22,156 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

YearRefusals Share of US totalRank among origins
20200 0.0%
20211 0.0%92
20221 0.0%85
20234 0.1%62
202414 0.4%41
202559 1.0%16
2020–202579 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.

YearHazard findingsPaperwork onlyUnclassifiedHazard share
2020000
20210100.0%
2022100100.0%
2023400100.0%
2024131092.9%
2025572096.6%
2020–2025754094.9%

By industry

FDA industry2020202120222023202420252020–2025Change
Fishery/Seafood Products rates →
Fish-other · Tuna
00141359 77 (97.5%)
Vegetable Oils (Includes Olive Oil) 000010 1 (1.3%)
Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch 010000 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 group2020202120222023202420252020–2025Change
Histamine (hazard) 00041147 62 (78.5%)
Process and registration (paperwork) 0000128 29 (36.7%)
Filth and insanitary conditions (hazard) 0010219 22 (27.8%)
Contaminants (hazard) 000005 5 (6.3%) new
Labelling (paperwork) 010020 3 (3.8%)
Undeclared allergens (hazard) 000010 1 (1.3%)
Salmonella (hazard) 000001 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

Charge2020202120222023202420252020–2025Change
histamine HISTAMINE 00041147 62
filth FILTHY 0010218 21
poisonous substance POISONORD 000005 5 new
undeclared allergen ALLERGEN 000010 1
Salmonella SALMONELLA 000001 1 new
under-processed UNDER PRC 000001 1 new

Paperwork charges

Charge2020202120222023202420252020–2025Change
inadequate process control INADPRCCTL 0000027 27 new
no acidified-food filing NEEDS ACID 000004 4 new
color not declared COLOR LBLG 000010 1
false or misleading label FALSE 010000 1
labeling LABELING 000010 1
no manufacturer name LACKS FIRM 000010 1
no net quantity LACKS N/C 000010 1
ingredients not listed LIST INGRE 000010 1
no food-canning registration NEEDS FCE 000001 1 new
not in English NO ENGLISH 000010 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

KindJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPeak
Hazard findings44109903148545August
Paperwork only010000011001February

By charge group

Charge groupJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPeak
Histamine3479503148504August
Process and registration0000000146441August
Filth and insanitary conditions203150046100September
Contaminants001000000040November
Labelling010010000001February

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.

Division2020202120222023202420252020–2025Change
DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border 0001416 21
DWCI — West Coast 0102412 19
DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border 0000114 15
DNEI — Northeast 001049 14
DSEI — Southeast 000118 10

Method

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