How many tropical and pit fruit shipments from Iran did FDA refuse in 2022?

FDA refused 1 shipment line of tropical and pit fruit from Iran in 2022 through December 5, 2022, compared with 4 in 2021.

Why does FDA refuse tropical and pit fruit from Iran?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For tropical and pit fruit from Iran the most frequent are NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 13 lines), NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 11 lines) and LACKS N/C (net quantity statement missing, 9 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover tropical and pit fruit from Iran?

As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Iran in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Iran firms; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: tropical and pit fruit from Iran

FDA category: Fruit and Fruit Products (pit, subtropical and tropical fruits) · October 2016 to December 5, 2022

FDA refused 25 tropical and pit fruit shipment lines from Iran between October 2016 and December 5, 2022, 1 of them in 2022; the most refused products were mixed fruit and cherry, most often for NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 26, 2026.

25
tropical and pit fruit lines refused since October 2016: 1
refused so far in 2022: 28%
of all FDA refusals from Iran: 4
firms with the most records, listed below

Tropical and pit fruit refusals from Iran by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.

FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2022	1	-75%
2021	4
2018	11	+38%
2017	8
2016 (from Oct)	1

Mixed fruit refusals from Iran

FDA refused 6 mixed fruit lines from Iran between October 2016 and December 5, 2022, 24% of the tropical and pit fruit lines.

Mixed fruit product descriptions refused from Iran
FDA product description	Lines	Share of tropical and pit fruit
Mixed fruit, dried or paste, n.e.c.	6	24.0%

Cherry refusals from Iran

FDA refused 6 cherry lines from Iran between October 2016 and December 5, 2022, 24% of the tropical and pit fruit lines.

Cherry product descriptions refused from Iran
FDA product description	Lines	Share of tropical and pit fruit
Cherry, dried or paste	3	12.0%
Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	3	12.0%

Recent cherry refusals

Recent Cherry refusals from Iran
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Dec 5, 2022	Mousavi Food IndTabriz, Iran	Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	LACKS N/C	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	STD QUALIT NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	STD QUALIT NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH+1	Source

Apricot refusals from Iran

FDA refused 3 apricot lines from Iran between October 2016 and December 5, 2022, 12% of the tropical and pit fruit lines.

Apricot product descriptions refused from Iran
FDA product description	Lines	Share of tropical and pit fruit
Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	3	12.0%

Recent apricot refusals

Recent Apricot refusals from Iran
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source

Other tropical and pit fruit products refused from Iran

Products refused from Iran in tropical and pit fruit
Product group	Lines	Share
Dates	3	12.0%
Plum	2	8.0%
Fig	2	8.0%
Fruit cocktail	2	8.0%

Why FDA refused tropical and pit fruit from Iran

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several.

Most frequent refusal charges for tropical and pit fruit from Iran
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	13	25%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	11	21%
LACKS N/C	Net quantity statement missing	9	17%
FILTHY	Filthy, putrid or decomposed substance	7	13%
PESTICIDE	Pesticide chemical residue	4	8%
LIST INGRE	Ingredients not listed	3	6%
STD QUALIT	Appears to be misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(h)(1) of the FD&C Act in that the article…	3	6%
EXCESS SUL	The article appears to contain excessive sulfites, a poisonous and deleterious substance which may render it…	1	2%
LACKS FIRM	Manufacturer name and address missing	1	2%
USUAL NAME	Common or usual name missing	1	2%

Iran tropical and pit fruit firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data, not a ranking of quality.

Iran tropical and pit fruit firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Urum Ada Co (Pis)	Urmia	7
Mashhad Roosta	Mashad	4
Nc Macaron Comp	Alley	4
Kral Azarbaijan Foodstuff production and packing Co.	Azarshahr , Tabriz	2

Latest tropical and pit fruit refusals from Iran

Latest FDA tropical and pit fruit refusals from Iran
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Dec 5, 2022	Mousavi Food IndTabriz, Iran	Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	LACKS N/C	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	STD QUALIT NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Fruit cocktail, mixed fruit, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LIST INGRE STD QUALIT NO ENGLISH+1	Source
Apr 17, 2021	Nc Macaron CompAlley, Iran	Cherry, dried or paste	STD QUALIT NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
May 14, 2018	Kral Azarbaijan Foodstuff production and packing Co.Azarshahr , Tabriz, Iran	Mixed fruit, dried or paste, n.e.c.,	PESTICIDE FILTHY	Source
May 14, 2018	Kral Azarbaijan Foodstuff production and packing Co.Azarshahr , Tabriz, Iran	Mixed fruit, dried or paste, n.e.c.,	FILTHY	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Mixed fruit, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied, n.e.c	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH+1	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Fig, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH USUAL NAME+1	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Cherry, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Apr 11, 2018	Urum Ada Co (Pis)Urmia, Iran	Apricot, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter or candied	LACKS N/C NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Feb 15, 2018	Tatli Arvin ToosMashad, Iran	Fruit cocktail, dried or paste	NO ENGLISH	Source
Feb 15, 2018	Tatli Arvin ToosMashad, Iran	Plum, dried or paste	LIST INGRE LACKS FIRM LACKS N/C+1	Source
Sep 20, 2017	Premium DatesKerman, Iran	Dates, dried or paste	FILTHY	Source
Aug 14, 2017	Arian RaeekaTehran, Iran	Plum, dried or paste	EXCESS SUL	Source
Jun 23, 2017	Mashhad RoostaMashad, Iran	Mixed fruit, dried or paste, n.e.c.,	PESTICIDE	Source
May 15, 2017	Mashhad RoostaMashad, Iran	Mixed fruit, dried or paste, n.e.c.,	PESTICIDE FILTHY	Source

Questions about tropical and pit fruit refusals from Iran

How many tropical and pit fruit shipments from Iran did FDA refuse in 2022?: FDA refused 1 shipment line of tropical and pit fruit from Iran in 2022 through December 5, 2022, compared with 4 in 2021.
Why does FDA refuse tropical and pit fruit from Iran?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For tropical and pit fruit from Iran the most frequent are NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 13 lines), NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 11 lines) and LACKS N/C (net quantity statement missing, 9 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover tropical and pit fruit from Iran?: As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Iran in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Iran firms; see the country page.

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