Food Import Refusals in United States of America: A Comparative Study of India and China

The present study was carried out to assess food import refusals in the United States of America from India and China and compare India and China based on the number of refusals and product refusals from 2002–03 to 2019–20. The results of the study show that the maximum numbers of refusals were recorded during the period of 2010–15 in India, and the highest number of refusals was noticed in the year 2015, i.e., 1698. The numbers of imported food refusals were highest in the year 2011 from China, i.e., 1131. The maximum numbers of food product refusals during the period 2002–20 from India were due to food containing Salmonella bacteria, which is poisonous and injurious to health, and also due to the presence of whole or part of filthy substances in food. Maximum numbers of food import refusals from China were noted during the period of 2002–20 due to the presence of whole or part of filthy or decomposed substances in food.