Mexico — Fruit and Fruit Products — Fruit-Other
Mexico received 187 FDA import refusals in Fruit-Other, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 29 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, pesticide residue, and poisonous or deleterious substance. 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 fruit-other from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 190 refusals in the last 3 years, 182 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (155); DSEI — Southeast (25); DNEI — Northeast (8).
- Riskiest months
- May, July, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (61), pesticide residue (57), Salmonella (53), insanitary plant (30), insanitary conditions (29).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (10), nutrition labeling (8), label not conspicuous (5).
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 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 29 | 28 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- BHK-6118330-6 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 83U-1466183-1 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 83U-1466142-7 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BJG-0223080-2 MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES N.E.C., Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- SCS-4497308-7 TAMARIND, JAM, JELLY, PRESERVES, MARMALADE, BUTTER OR CANDIED Import division DSEI. filth
- 1FX-3005764-1 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- 8MH-0083041-0 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- U72-0540846-2 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. filth
- 1FX-3528792-0 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- DR4-0710485-7 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BNI-0148877-2 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- 83U-1463110-7 PRICKLE PEAR (CORE FRUIT) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- SCS-5860367-9 TAMARIND, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DSEI. filth
- 392-0264222-7 BERRIES AND CORE, MIXED Import division DSWI. filth
- SCS-2120400-1 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT PULP) Import division DSEI. filth
- 1FX-7771682-7 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT PULP) Import division DSEI. filth
- 392-0263521-3 TAMARIND (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. filth
- 02K-0000256-2 SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT, DRIED OR PASTE, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. labelingnutrition labeling
- BJG-0219306-7 MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES N.E.C., Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- BJG-0218498-3 MIXED FRUIT, JUICES OR CONCENTRATES N.E.C., Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 307 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 2026-10-20. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →