Guatemala — Spices, Flavors and Salts
Guatemala received 2 FDA import refusals in Spices, Flavors and Salts between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are not in English, nutrition labeling, and no process filing. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Guatemala, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 0 were hazard refusals and 2 were paperwork refusals.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spices-Other | 2 | — | — | nutrition labeling |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- U10-1262048-4 IMITATION SPICE FLAVOR Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- 1FX-6158755-6 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONING WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- ASE-0020029-5 MIXED SPICES AND SEASONINGS, LIQUID, WITH SALT, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 826-0215562-2 MIXED SPICE AND SEASONINGS, GROUND, CRACKED, WITHOUT SALT, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- U10-1210311-9 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), GROUND, CRACKED (SPICE) Import division DNEI. not in English
- 805-0132207-9 CARDAMON, WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- E84-0095532-2 SMOKE FLAVORING, PYROLIGENOUS ACID, NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) Import division DSEI. filth
- FY5-0033016-9 BASIL (SWEET BASIL), WHOLE (SPICE) Import division DSEI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- E84-0094792-3 CAPSICUMS (CAYENNE CHILI, HOT PEPPERS), NATURAL EXTRACT OR FLAVOR (SPICE) Import division DNEI. no process filing
Data and downloads
Download all 9 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-07-28. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →