How many meal replacements shipments from Mexico did FDA refuse in 2026?

FDA refused 18 shipment lines of meal replacements from Mexico in 2026 through September 14, 2026, compared with 80 in 2025.

Why does FDA refuse meal replacements from Mexico?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For meal replacements from Mexico the most frequent are UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug, 380 lines), NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 297 lines) and NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 241 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover meal replacements from Mexico?

As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Mexico firms are Import Alert 41-03 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Mexico firms too; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: meal replacements from Mexico

FDA category: Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements · October 2016 to September 14, 2026

FDA refused 595 meal replacements shipment lines from Mexico between October 2016 and September 14, 2026, 18 of them in 2026; the most refused products were oral rehydration products and foods with supplemental nutrients added, most often for UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 26, 2026.

595
meal replacements lines refused since October 2016: 18
refused so far in 2026: 4%
of all FDA refusals from Mexico: 10
firms with the most records, listed below

Meal replacements refusals from Mexico by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.

* 2026 is year to date, through September 14, 2026. FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2026 (to date)	18
2025	80	-27%
2024	110	-29%
2023	154	+36%
2022	113	+465%
2021	20	-39%
2020	33	+136%
2019	14	-50%
2018	28	+56%
2017	18
2016 (from Oct)	7

Oral rehydration products refusals from Mexico

FDA refused 294 oral rehydration products lines from Mexico between October 2016 and September 14, 2026, 49% of the meal replacements lines.

Oral rehydration products product descriptions refused from Mexico
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Oral rehydration products	294	49.4%

Recent oral rehydration products refusals

Recent Oral rehydration products refusals from Mexico
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Sep 14, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Sep 14, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Sep 10, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Sep 10, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Aug 25, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source

Foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals from Mexico

FDA refused 196 foods with supplemental nutrients added lines from Mexico between October 2016 and September 14, 2026, 33% of the meal replacements lines.

Foods with supplemental nutrients added product descriptions refused from Mexico
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	196	32.9%

Recent foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals

Recent Foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals from Mexico
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Jul 16, 2026	Jr Ismerely LabsGuanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL COLOR LBLG	Source
Jul 16, 2026	Jr Ismerely LabsGuanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL COLOR LBLG	Source
Jun 9, 2026	Med Plants of Mexico AkDelegacion, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	NO ENGLISH DIETARYING LABELING+1	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source

Dietary conventional foods refusals from Mexico

FDA refused 84 dietary conventional foods lines from Mexico between October 2016 and September 14, 2026, 14% of the meal replacements lines.

Dietary conventional foods product descriptions refused from Mexico
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c.	84	14.1%

Other meal replacements products refused from Mexico

Products refused from Mexico in meal replacements
Product group	Lines	Share
Medical foods	13	2.2%
Foods with artificial sweetners but without supplemental nutrients	4	0.7%
Meal replacements	4	0.7%

Why FDA refused meal replacements from Mexico

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several.

Most frequent refusal charges for meal replacements from Mexico
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
UNAPPROVED	Unapproved new drug	380	26%
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	297	20%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	241	17%
INCONSPICU	Required information not conspicuous	130	9%
FALSE	False or misleading labeling	97	7%
LIST INGRE	Ingredients not listed	82	6%
UNSAFE ADD	Food additive unsafe under section 409	74	5%
UNSAFE COL	Color additive unsafe under section 721	57	4%
LACKS N/C	Net quantity statement missing	47	3%
COLOR LBLG	Artificial coloring not declared	46	3%

Import alerts for meal replacements that list Mexico firms

Import alerts for meal replacements listing firms in Mexico
Alert	Covers	Red	Green
41-03	Adulterated and Misbranded Medical Foods	1

Mexico meal replacements firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data, not a ranking of quality.

Mexico meal replacements firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)	Tlajomulco De Zuniga	265
Sinergia Sadelco	Heroica Nogales	31
Healthy People Labs S de RL de CV	Irapuato	28
Healthy People S de R.L. de CV	Irapuato	20
Corporativo Serysi, S. De R.L. De C.V.	Zapopan	19
Natural Provida	Guadalajara	16
Pisa Agropecuaria, S.A. de C.V.	Guadalajara	13
D.M. Mexicana SA de CV	San Nicolas De Los Garza	13
Laboratorios de Fuerza de la Salud S.A de CV	Distrito Federal	11
Tonic Life S de RL	Irapuato	10

Latest meal replacements refusals from Mexico

Latest FDA meal replacements refusals from Mexico
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Sep 14, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Sep 14, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Sep 10, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Sep 10, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Aug 25, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Aug 25, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Aug 25, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU FALSE+4	Source
Aug 18, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Aug 18, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Aug 18, 2026	Laboratorios PiSA, S.A. de C.V (Planta Tlajomulco)Tlajomulco De Zuniga, Mexico	Oral rehydration products	INCONSPICU	Source
Jul 16, 2026	Jr Ismerely LabsGuanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL COLOR LBLG	Source
Jul 16, 2026	Jr Ismerely LabsGuanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL COLOR LBLG	Source
Jun 9, 2026	Med Plants of Mexico AkDelegacion, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	NO ENGLISH DIETARYING LABELING+1	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Apr 20, 2026	Ismerely SA de CVIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Feb 2, 2026	Broncolin, S.A. de C.V.Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Dec 1, 2025	D.M. Mexicana SA de CVSan Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE ADD	Source
Dec 1, 2025	D.M. Mexicana SA de CVSan Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE ADD	Source

Questions about meal replacements refusals from Mexico

How many meal replacements shipments from Mexico did FDA refuse in 2026?: FDA refused 18 shipment lines of meal replacements from Mexico in 2026 through September 14, 2026, compared with 80 in 2025.
Why does FDA refuse meal replacements from Mexico?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For meal replacements from Mexico the most frequent are UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug, 380 lines), NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 297 lines) and NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 241 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover meal replacements from Mexico?: As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Mexico firms are Import Alert 41-03 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Mexico firms too; see the country page.

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