FDA Import Refusals — Week 20 2026 (11–17 May) | US Border Refusal Entries
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In week 20 of 2026 (11–17 May), FDA recorded 93 refusals affecting food entries offered for import: 93 border rejections, 0 alerts, and 0 information notices. The most-affected origin countries were Mexico, India and Thailand.
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Border rejections (93)
| Date | Origin | Category | Import division | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) | DWCI | FRIED SNACK FOODS, N.E.C. melamine | |
| India | Macaroni and Noodle Products | DSWI | NOODLES, INSTANT filthyunsafe colcolor lblg | |
| Portugal | Cereal Preparations, Breakfast Foods | DNEI | MIXED CEREAL FLAKES,SHREDDED AND OTHER FORMS READY TO EAT pesticide | |
| Colombia | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | BLACKBERRIES (BERRY) pesticide | |
| Armenia | Food Sweeteners (Nutritive) | DWCI | HONEY substitute | |
| China | Milk, Butter, and Dried Milk Products | DNEI | MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) poisonousmelamineunfit4food | |
| Honduras | Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings | DSEI | VANILLA PLAIN COOKIE,BISCUIT AND WAFER unsafe colcolor lblg | |
| Vietnam | Fruit and Fruit Products | DWCI | DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) pesticide | |
| Portugal | Cereal Preparations, Breakfast Foods | DNEI | WHEAT FLAKES,PUFFS,KRISPIES,LOOPS,SHREDDED,WHEAT GERM READY TO EAT pesticide | |
| Hong Kong | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. unapproved | |
| Dominican Republic | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DNEI | VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) not listedfrnmfgreg | |
| India | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DNEI | SPICES AND SEASONING, GROUND, CRACKED, WITH SALT, N.E.C. filthy | |
| Japan | Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | DWCI | GEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unfit4food | |
| Mexico | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. unapproved | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SNOW PEAS pesticide | |
| Cambodia | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE filthy | |
| Vietnam | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DNEI | CURRY POWDER, WITHOUT SALT salmonella | |
| Spain | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) unapproved | |
| Canada | Chocolate and Cocoa Products | DNBI | CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY, WITH NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. unsafe collist ingrelacks n/cnutrit lbl | |
| India | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | COENZYME Q10 (VIT/MIN/PROTEIN/UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPEC FOR HUMAN/ANIMAL, N.E.C.) unapproved | |
| Kenya | Fishery/Seafood Products | DSWI | FISH, N.E.C. lacks firmlacks n/clabelingnutrit lbl | |
| Egypt | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) filthy | |
| China | Multiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and Specialties (Total Diet) | DWCI | TACO (PACKAGE CONTAINS SEPARATE COMPONENTS, REQUIRE MIX/COOK) no process | |
| Mexico | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSWI | MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES N.E.C., unsafe colcolor lblg | |
| Canada | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DNBI | TOMATOES (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Malaysia | Chocolate and Cocoa Products | DSEI | COCOA BEAN N.E.C. filthy | |
| India | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE filthy | |
| Thailand | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | PALM NUT ARECA, ARECA NUT OR BETEL NUT, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT, DRIED OR PASTE poisonord | |
| Nigeria | Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | DSWI | POTATO FLOUR list ingrelacks n/cnutrit lblhealth c | |
| Canada | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DNBI | CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Thailand | Fruit and Fruit Products | DWCI | TAMARIND, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED filthy | |
| Dominican Republic | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DNEI | PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| China | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DWCI | SEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous | |
| China | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | PROTEIN N.E.C. unsafe add | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | BOK CHOY (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Philippines | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DWCI | PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| India | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DSEI | PEPPER, BLACK, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) filthysalmonella | |
| Afghanistan | Fruit and Fruit Products | DNBI | CHINESE RED DATE (JUJUBES, ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA), DRIED OR PASTE pesticide | |
| Thailand | Fishery/Seafood Products | DWCI | SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED vetdrugres | |
| India | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE filthy | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Dominican Republic | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DNEI | PEPPER, HOT, N.E.C. (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Canada | Fruit and Fruit Products | DNBI | POMEGRANATE, DRIED OR PASTE needs fceno process | |
| Thailand | Fishery/Seafood Products | DSEI | SNAKE HEAD filthy | |
| India | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSWI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE refuse eifilthy | |
| India | Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) | DWCI | FRIED SNACK FOODS, N.E.C. salmonellamfr insanmfr inj | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Indonesia | Fishery/Seafood Products | DNEI | GROUPERS salmonella | |
| Canada | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DNBI | CUCUMBERS (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| China | Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | DNEI | TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT needs fceno process | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Bangladesh | Fruit and Fruit Products | DNBI | MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) filthylacks n/cno process | |
| Portugal | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. dietarying | |
| Russia | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DNEI | CINNAMON, CASSIA, GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) poisonous | |
| Portugal | Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements | DSEI | FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS dietarylbl | |
| Malaysia | Soups | DWCI | DRIED SOUP, N.E.C. inconspiculacks firmlacks n/cusual name | |
| United Arab Emirates | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DSWI | MIXED SPICE AND SEASONINGS, GROUND, CRACKED, WITHOUT SALT, N.E.C. poisonousmfr insanmfr inj | |
| Vietnam | Fishery/Seafood Products | DNEI | SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS vetdrugresnitrofuran | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| Vietnam | Milk, Butter, and Dried Milk Products | DWCI | YOGURT (PLAIN, FLAVORED OR FRUIT ADDED) unsafe collist ingrecolor lblgallergen | |
| Vietnam | Whole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and Starch | DWCI | TAPIOCA STARCH PRODUCT unsafe colcolor lblg | |
| Cameroon | Fruit and Fruit Products | DNEI | PLUM (PIT FRUIT) list ingrepesticidenutrit lbl | |
| South Korea | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DWCI | SEAWEED, DRIED OR PASTE poisonous | |
| China | Macaroni and Noodle Products | DNBI | NOODLES AND NOODLE PRODUCTS, N.E.C. filthylacks n/c | |
| Mexico | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DSWI | SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) pesticide | |
| United States | Beverage Bases | DNBI | BEVERAGE BASE, IMITATION BERRY, LIQUID unsafe collist ingrelacks n/cnutrit lbl | |
| Portugal | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. dietarylbl | |
| Thailand | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DWCI | PEPPER, HOT, DRIED OR PASTE salmonella | |
| Thailand | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | PALM NUT ARECA, ARECA NUT OR BETEL NUT, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT, DRIED OR PASTE poisonord | |
| Sri Lanka | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DSEI | CINNAMON, CASSIA, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) unapproved | |
| Vietnam | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | DWCI | FUNGUS, BLACK (CLOUD EARS), FUNGI PRODUCTS, N.E.C. pesticideinconspicunutrit lbl | |
| Mexico | Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) | DSWI | CORN CHIPS, FRIED unsafe colcolor lblgno english | |
| India | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) colorlabelunapproved | |
| Czech Republic | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. dietarylblncontactlabelingnutrit lbl | |
| United Arab Emirates | Spices, Flavors, and Salts | DWCI | CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) poisonousmfr insanmfr inj | |
| Mexico | Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | DSWI | CHEWING GUM, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg | |
| India | Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings | DSWI | OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. unsafe colcolor lblg | |
| India | Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | DSEI | VITAMIN D2 (CALCIFEROL) unapproved | |
| United States | Nuts and Edible Seeds | DSEI | BETEL NUT, IN SHELL poisonord | |
| Ecuador | Fishery/Seafood Products | DNEI | SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) needs fceno process | |
| Thailand | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | PALM NUT ARECA, ARECA NUT OR BETEL NUT, SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT poisonord | |
| Vietnam | Fishery/Seafood Products | DSEI | GROUPERS histamine | |
| Thailand | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE poisonordfilthy | |
| Indonesia | Fishery/Seafood Products | DWCI | SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS filthy | |
| Myanmar | Fishery/Seafood Products | DNBI | FISH, N.E.C. salmonella | |
| India | Fruit and Fruit Products | DSEI | TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE filthy | |
| United Arab Emirates | Fruit and Fruit Products | DWCI | FIG, DRIED OR PASTE pesticide | |
| Chile | Fruit and Fruit Products | DNBI | RASPBERRIES, RED (BERRY) pesticide | |
| Bangladesh | Fishery/Seafood Products | DWCI | SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS vetdrugresnitrofuran | |
| Nigeria | Vegetable Oils (Includes Olive Oil) | DSWI | PALM KERNEL OIL, REFINED, SINGLE INGREDIENT list ingrelacks n/ccolorlabelnutrit lbl | |
| Ecuador | Fishery/Seafood Products | DSEI | SHRIMP & PRAWNS vetdrugresno english | |
| Mexico | Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings | DSWI | TORTILLAS list ingrelacks firmlacks n/cusual name |