Between January 2011 and February 2016, the US health regulator has refused entry of 11, 664 Indian products including drugs into the American market.

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that “According to refusal report data available on the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) website, 11,664 refusals of Indian products were recorded from January 2011 to February 2016.”

She said further that the products from India that were denied entry into the US included medicine, bakery products, fried snacks, spices, basmati rice, fisheries and herbals.

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