Mexico — Dressings and Condiments
Mexico received 16 FDA import refusals in Dressings and Condiments between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no process filing, color not declared, and unsafe color additive. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Mexico, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import dressings and condiments from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 16 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (16).
- Riskiest months
- July, November, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (7), insanitary conditions (1), unsafe food additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (8), no process filing (6), not in English (3).
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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 83U-1461218-0 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no process filing
- ANX-0028877-0 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- ANX-0028736-8 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BJG-0206523-2 MAYONNAISE Import division DSWI. no process filing
- 392-0254500-8 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. insanitary conditions
- BSI-0640037-3 CONDIMENTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. not in Englishno common namenutrition labeling
- BJG-0195412-1 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. not in English
- BJG-0188728-9 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- BJG-0188121-7 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivefalse or misleading labellabelingnutrition labeling+2 more
- BSI-0605546-6 CONDIMENTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. color not declared
- 9X6-0202707-6 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8NV-0045126-6 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivelabel not conspicuouscolor not declarednutrition labeling
- 918-5314020-9 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BSI-0568299-7 NON-STANDARDIZED DRESSING, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- APF-0032516-5 CONDIMENTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. not in Englishunsafe color additivecolor not declaredlabeling+1 more
- 83U-1363733-7 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no process filing
- BJG-0151375-2 SALSA Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- ITK-0020620-4 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. nutrition labelingno process filing
- B9A-0062387-4 CONDIMENTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. filth
- ITK-0020329-2 PEPPER SAUCE (HOT, MILD, ETC.) Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
Data and downloads
Download all 38 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 2026-09-15. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →