Mexico — Cheese and Cheese Products
Mexico received 17 FDA import refusals in Cheese and Cheese Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are poisonous or deleterious substance, filth, and insanitary conditions. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Mexico, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import cheese and cheese products from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 17 refusals in the last 3 years, 14 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (17).
- Riskiest months
- April, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous or deleterious substance (6), insanitary conditions (4), insanitary handling (3), filth (2), insanitary plant (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (2), nutrition labeling (2), color not declared (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- EFP-2608579-0 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. filth
- N2T-0003803-2 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- E5H-0072688-1 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. insanitary handling
- N9H-0011451-0 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handling
- E5H-0072419-1 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. insanitary conditions
- E5H-0072182-5 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- BHK-6114083-5 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. insanitary conditionspoisonous or deleterious substance
- E5H-0072374-8 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. Listeria monocytogenes
- E5H-0070773-3 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handling
- E5H-0049981-0 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 8W2-0000126-0 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- WPB-0063284-1 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. filth
- 83U-1401052-6 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 9J2-0005234-7 CHEESE, HISPANIC/LATINO/MEXICAN STYLE, ALL VARIETIES, INCLUDING QUESO Import division DSWI. insanitary conditions
- 83U-1376029-5 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. insanitary conditionsnutrition labeling
- NDA-1021543-8 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. false or misleading label
- NDA-1019881-6 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. below standard of qualityfalse or misleading label
- 83U-1344445-2 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. filthnutrition labelingpesticide residue
- BNI-0044377-8 PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE SPREAD Import division DNEI. filth
- 83U-1321763-5 CHEESE, PASTEURIZED, PROCESS (STANDARDIZED) Import division DSWI. Listeria monocytogenes
Data and downloads
Download all 46 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 2026-09-08. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →