Guatemala — Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) — Snacks
Guatemala received 26 FDA import refusals in Snacks, part of Snack Food Items (Flour, Meal, or Vegetable Base) between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 10 in 2024-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, not in English, and labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Guatemala, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import snacks from Guatemala
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 27 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 19 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (22); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (3); DWCI — West Coast (2).
- Riskiest months
- October, August, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (4), unsafe color additive (4), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (20), not in English (17), labeling (10).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 826-0254888-3 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 8Q4-0009450-9 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot to standard of identityno net quantitynot in English+5 more
- CFQ-8133188-2 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- 8TQ-0157893-7 CORN (WHOLE KERNEL) SNACKS, VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- CFQ-8140220-4 BAKED SNACK FOOD, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- 8TQ-0157949-7 CORN (WHOLE KERNEL) SNACKS, VEGETABLE SNACKS (OTHER THAN PULSES) BAKED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0829345-2 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labelingunsafe color additive+1 more
- 8Q4-0006890-9 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. ingredients not listednot in Englishundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- DM4-0808929-8 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- DM4-0665711-2 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishno common namefalse or misleading labelno net quantity+1 more
- DM4-0804866-6 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- DM4-0808200-4 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. labeling
- DM4-0808201-2 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- E84-0117094-7 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- DM4-0666033-0 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- DM4-0806952-2 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- DM4-0663998-7 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- DM4-0663999-5 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- H35-2043906-4 POPCORN, POPPED, FRIED Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelcolor additive labelingnot in English+3 more
- DM4-0665744-3 CORN CHIPS, FRIED Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labelingfalse or misleading labelno net quantity
Data and downloads
Download all 33 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 2026-10-15. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →