Mexico — Vegetables and Vegetable Products — Vegetables-Other
Mexico received 329 FDA import refusals in Vegetables-Other, part of Vegetables and Vegetable Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 49 in 2025-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, FSVP violation, and Salmonella. Measured against US import value, that runs at 19.7 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 vegetables-other from Mexico
Lower risk. Mexico ranks 21st of 24 origins shipping vegetables-other to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 19.7 — above 13% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 352 refusals in the last 3 years, 326 were hazard findings and 26 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 35,650 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 15th highest refusal rate of 17 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (351); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- February, January, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- pesticide residue (282), poisonous or deleterious substance (18), Salmonella (14), insanitary plant (12), insanitary conditions (11).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (19), no manufacturer name (15), no net quantity (8).
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 | 37 | 36 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 29 | 28 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 38 | 32 | 6 |
| 2024-Q4 | 41 | 39 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 49 | 46 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 39 | 34 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 33 | 32 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026-Q4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- NDA-1038475-4 HUSK TOMATO (TOMATILLO) (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- NJA-0004406-7 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- NDA-1038362-4 HUSK TOMATO (TOMATILLO) (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. Salmonella
- 02K-1000776-7 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BYX-0316381-7 RADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- B9A-0130785-7 CELERY (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 9L9-0255597-3 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BHK-6117752-2 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BHK-6117720-9 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BJG-0222252-8 RADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BJG-0223200-6 RADISH (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 83U-1460989-7 LEAF & STEM VEGETABLES, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- BJG-0222688-3 STRINGBEANS Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BYX-0312282-1 CILANTRO (LEAF & STEM VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. insanitary conditionsinsanitary plant
- BJG-0220567-1 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- BYX-0311361-4 FAVA BEAN Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- BYX-0310603-0 SQUASH, SUMMER (FRUIT USED AS VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- BJG-0215334-3 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- BJG-0216391-2 RED BEET (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
- 8MH-0114093-4 SCALLIONS, GREEN ONIONS (ROOT & TUBER VEGETABLE) Import division DSWI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 691 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →