Mexico — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings
Mexico received 25 FDA import refusals in Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are ingredients not listed, nutrition labeling, and no net quantity. 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 bakery products, doughs, bakery mixes, and icings from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 25 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 16 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (20); DNEI — Northeast (4); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, September, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (5), undeclared allergen (2), filth (2), poisonous or deleterious substance (1), unsafe food additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- ingredients not listed (10), nutrition labeling (9), 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery | 25 | 110,912 t | 3.2 | ingredients not listed |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 25 | 110,912 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- 02K-0000315-6 CRACKERS (NON FILLED) N.E.C. Import division DSWI. not in Englishlabeling
- U72-0540747-2 TORTILLAS Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednot to standard of identityno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- U72-0540776-1 TORTILLAS Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednot to standard of identityno manufacturer nameno net quantity+2 more
- 1FX-1024215-5 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- 96L-0036155-5 CRACKERS (NON FILLED) N.E.C. Import division DSWI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- U72-0540644-1 TORTILLAS Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednot to standard of identityno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- BNI-0148038-1 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+1 more
- U72-0540020-4 TORTILLAS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+1 more
- GR9-9122677-4 TORTILLAS Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- BJG-0208658-4 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declarednot in English
- 9L9-0245867-3 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- E5T-0211186-3 ICE CREAM CONES Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedbelow standard of qualitylabel not conspicuousno net quantity+1 more
- GH5-0172701-6 MIXED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSWI. below standard of qualitynutrition labeling
- GH5-0174220-5 BUTTER/BUTTER FLAVORED,PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedbelow standard of qualitynutrition labeling
- GH5-0171671-2 BUTTER/BUTTER FLAVORED,PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSWI. below standard of quality
- SCS-0755079-6 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer nameno net quantity+3 more
- NB8-0217164-6 TORTILLAS Import division DSWI. filth
- 83U-1408779-7 BREAD, ROLLS, BUNS, ETC N.E.C. PREPARED DRY MIX WITH MILK OR EGG Import division DSWI. labeling
- WFE-0128499-7 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BJG-0176167-4 SALTED CRACKERS Import division DSWI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingunsafe color additivecolor not declared+7 more
Data and downloads
Download all 50 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 2026-10-06. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →