Mexico — Milk, Butter, and Dried Milk Products
Mexico received 20 FDA import refusals in Milk, Butter, and Dried Milk Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no process filing, unsafe food additive, and nutrition labeling. 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 milk, butter, and dried milk products from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 20 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 12 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (17); DSEI — Southeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- June, May, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe food additive (8), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no process filing (10), nutrition labeling (8), label not conspicuous (6).
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 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- BJG-0215917-5 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedunsafe food additivelabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading label+1 more
- DM0-1034263-0 HALF AND HALF (MILK AND CREAM) Import division DSWI. no process filing
- BJG-0222298-1 LOW FAT MILK PRODUCT, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. no process filing
- SCS-4825778-2 MILK, DRIED Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 8W2-0000200-3 FLUID MILK PRODUCTS, SKIM, 1%, 2%, WHOLE AND ALL FLAVORED AND MODIFIED (LACTOSE REDUCED, IE) GRADE A Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- NEV-0002757-2 MILK, PLAIN Import division DSEI. not in English
- E84-0122692-1 FLUID MILK PRODUCTS, SKIM, 1%, 2%, WHOLE AND ALL FLAVORED AND MODIFIED (LACTOSE REDUCED, IE) GRADE A Import division DSWI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingno food-canning registrationno process filing
- NEV-0002744-0 MILK, PLAIN Import division DSEI. not in English
- 392-0253653-6 LOW FAT MILK PRODUCT, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingno food-canning registrationno process filing
- BYX-0279647-6 MILK, CONCENTRATED, EVAPORATED AND CONDENSED Import division DSWI. nutrition labelingno food-canning registrationno process filing
- H87-0291241-6 MILK, DRIED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additive
- N9H-0009168-4 MILK, DRIED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additiveunapproved new drug
- GS1-0057857-3 MILK, FLAVORED, LOW FAT Import division DSWI. unsafe color additiveunsafe food additivecolor not declaredno process filing
- 9HJ-0269875-4 MILK WITH MULTIVITAMINS ADDED Import division DSWI. false or misleading labelnutrition labelingunauthorized health claim
- EVB-0081767-8 MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, LACTOSE REDUCED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additive
- N9H-0008695-7 MILK, DRIED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivelabelingunapproved new drug
- BJG-0164495-3 MILK, FLAVORED (CHOCOLATE, ETC.) Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filinglabel not conspicuous
- BJG-0164302-1 MILK, FLAVORED, LOW FAT Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivelabel not conspicuousnutrition labelingno process filing+1 more
- EVB-0080460-1 MILK, DRIED Import division DSWI. unsafe food additivefalse or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- BJG-0162208-2 MILK, FLAVORED, LOW FAT Import division DSWI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingno process filing
Data and downloads
Download all 51 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 2026-10-22. To get new ones for Mexico by email, watch Mexico.
Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →