Mexico — Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements
Mexico received 54 FDA import refusals in Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 11 in 2025-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and label not conspicuous. 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 dietary conventional foods and meal replacements from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 58 refusals in the last 3 years, 20 were hazard findings and 38 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (35); DSEI — Southeast (23).
- Riskiest months
- April, September, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (11), unsafe food additive (9), insanitary handling (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (29), not in English (25), nutrition labeling (23).
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 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- EMK-0157694-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BJG-0217869-6 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. label not conspicuous
- BJG-0216869-7 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnot in English+3 more
- BJG-0217319-2 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnot in English+3 more
- BJG-0216901-8 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnot in English+3 more
- BJG-0217261-6 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredlabel not conspicuous
- EMK-0152451-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 1FX-5748580-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. not in Englishdietary ingredient labelinglabelingunauthorized health claim
- 1FX-1541758-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- WC1-7228455-4 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSWI. unapproved new drug
- EVB-0087125-3 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSWI. unsafe food additive
- BJG-0200807-5 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. label not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-7487896-6 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishno contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-7487861-0 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishno contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-7548101-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. not in English
- BJG-0169227-5 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- BJG-0197072-1 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer namenot in English+4 more
- 799-9466633-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 9UG-0142559-0 ORAL REHYDRATION PRODUCTS Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivelabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnutrition labeling+1 more
- EVB-0084279-1 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSWI. unsafe food additive
Data and downloads
Download all 144 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 2026-10-21. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →