El Salvador — All Categories
El Salvador received 110 FDA import refusals across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 17 in 2025-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, color lblg, and unapproved. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from El Salvador, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Of these, 82 were hazard refusals and 28 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum | 25 | — | unsafe col |
| Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans | 14 | — | unapproved |
| Spices, Flavors, and Salts | 1 | — | pesticide |
Recent rejections
- DM4-0859788-6 DSWICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0864690-7 DWCICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- BNI-0149560-3 DNEISpices, Flavors, and SaltsWHOLE SPICE, N.E.C. pesticide
- DM4-0859763-9 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- 1FX-8856869-6 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVITAMIN K (PHYTONADIONE) not listedfrnmfgregunapprovedrx legend+1 more
- DM4-0862427-6 DNEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- 8Q4-0009195-0 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumSOFT CANDY WITH FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- DM4-0861073-9 DSWICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- DM4-0861720-5 DSWICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0862426-8 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0856106-4 DWCICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- DM4-0856097-5 DWCICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
- AEK-0487250-2 DSEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVALERIAN (HERBAL & BOTANICALS II) unapproved
- 8Q4-0008850-1 DNEIVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for HumansVITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) not listedfrnmfgregunapproved
- DM4-0857371-3 DNEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0850656-4 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0852472-4 DNEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0850109-4 DNEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0851977-3 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
- DM4-0853078-8 DSEICandy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 3 |
| 2026-W36 | 1 |
| 2026-W35 | 1 |
| 2026-W34 | 2 |
| 2026-W33 | 1 |
| 2026-W32 | 4 |
| 2026-W31 | 0 |