How many soft drinks and water shipments from Nicaragua did FDA refuse in 2025?

FDA refused 4 shipment lines of soft drinks and water from Nicaragua in 2025 through October 17, 2025, compared with 1 in 2024.

Why does FDA refuse soft drinks and water from Nicaragua?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For soft drinks and water from Nicaragua the most frequent are UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721, 10 lines), FSVP VIO (importer not in compliance with FSVP, 6 lines) and NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 2 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover soft drinks and water from Nicaragua?

As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Nicaragua in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Nicaragua firms; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: soft drinks and water from Nicaragua

FDA category: Soft Drinks and Waters · October 2016 to October 17, 2025

FDA refused 17 soft drinks and water shipment lines from Nicaragua between October 2016 and October 17, 2025, 4 of them in 2025; the most refused product was soft drink, most often for UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721).

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

17
soft drinks and water lines refused since October 2016: 4
refused so far in 2025: 8%
of all FDA refusals from Nicaragua: 3
firms with the most records, listed below

Soft drinks and water refusals from Nicaragua by year

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

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2025	4	+300%
2024	1	-83%
2023	6	+500%
2022	1	-67%
2021	3
2019	1
2017	1

Soft drink refusals from Nicaragua

FDA refused 17 soft drink lines from Nicaragua between October 2016 and October 17, 2025, 100% of the soft drinks and water lines.

Soft drink product descriptions refused from Nicaragua
FDA product description	Lines	Share of soft drinks and water
Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	10	58.8%
Soft drink, berry fruit flavored, carbonated	3	17.6%
Soft drink, cola, carbonated	2	11.8%
Soft drink, citrus fruit flavored, carbonated	1	5.9%
Soft drink, mixed fruit flavored, carbonated	1	5.9%

Recent soft drink refusals

Recent Soft drink refusals from Nicaragua
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Oct 17, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 17, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 16, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 16, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Feb 9, 2024	Embotelladora Nacional S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source

Why FDA refused soft drinks and water from Nicaragua

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

Most frequent refusal charges for soft drinks and water from Nicaragua
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
UNSAFE COL	Color additive unsafe under section 721	10	53%
FSVP VIO	Importer not in compliance with FSVP	6	32%
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	2	11%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	1	5%

Nicaragua soft drinks and water firms with the most FDA records

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

Nicaragua soft drinks and water firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.	Managua	8
Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.A	Managua	6
Embotelladora Nacional S.A.	Managua	2

Latest soft drinks and water refusals from Nicaragua

Latest FDA soft drinks and water refusals from Nicaragua
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Oct 17, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 17, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 16, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 16, 2025	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Feb 9, 2024	Embotelladora Nacional S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL NO ENGLISH NUTRIT LBL	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, cola, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, berry fruit flavored, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, cola, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, berry fruit flavored, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, berry fruit flavored, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Oct 6, 2023	Nicaraguense de Exportaciones S.AManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, citrus fruit flavored, carbonated	FSVP VIO	Source
Nov 17, 2022	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Dec 17, 2021	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Dec 2, 2021	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Dec 2, 2021	Industria NAcional De Refresco S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Feb 8, 2019	Embotelladora Nacional S.A.Managua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, subtropical or tropical fruit flavored, carbonated	UNSAFE COL	Source
Mar 20, 2017	Jorge Rafael Arcia ValleManagua, Nicaragua	Soft drink, mixed fruit flavored, carbonated	NO ENGLISH	Source

Questions about soft drinks and water refusals from Nicaragua

How many soft drinks and water shipments from Nicaragua did FDA refuse in 2025?: FDA refused 4 shipment lines of soft drinks and water from Nicaragua in 2025 through October 17, 2025, compared with 1 in 2024.
Why does FDA refuse soft drinks and water from Nicaragua?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For soft drinks and water from Nicaragua the most frequent are UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721, 10 lines), FSVP VIO (importer not in compliance with FSVP, 6 lines) and NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 2 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover soft drinks and water from Nicaragua?: As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Nicaragua in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Nicaragua firms; see the country page.

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