Mexico — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Leafy
Mexico received 60 FDA import refusals in Leafy, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 9 in 2024-Q4, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, insanitary plant, and insanitary handling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 16.9 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Mexico over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import leafy from Mexico
Lower risk. Mexico ranks 4th of 4 origins shipping leafy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 16.9 — the lowest of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 61 refusals in the last 3 years, 58 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 43,520 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the lowest refusal rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (61).
- Riskiest months
- October, September, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (51), insanitary handling (5), insanitary plant (5), filth (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (4), no net quantity (3), FSVP violation (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 259-4523884-5 LETTUCE, LOOSE-LEAF (E.G., ROMAINE) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 9GV-0095572-5 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 9GV-0095578-2 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 8MH-0116289-6 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BYX-0314799-2 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BYX-0314438-7 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 8MH-0081508-0 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residueno manufacturer name
- B9A-0123745-0 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- B9A-0122807-9 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- B9A-0122520-8 LETTUCE, LOOSE-LEAF (E.G., ROMAINE) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 8MH-0079344-4 SPINACH (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residuelabel not conspicuousno net quantity
- NDA-1035721-4 CABBAGE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- B9A-0118856-2 LETTUCE, LOOSE-LEAF (E.G., ROMAINE) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- DR4-0688098-6 PARSLEY (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- DV1-0273735-5 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BJG-0210128-4 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- N9H-3104194-8 KALE (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- DR4-0681961-2 PARSLEY (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- DV1-0272553-3 LETTUCE, HEAD (E.G. ICEBERG) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- B9A-0106585-1 LETTUCE, LOOSE-LEAF (E.G., ROMAINE) (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 98 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 2026-10-07. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →