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The B-Mesogenesis mechanism aims to explain the baryon asymmetry of the Universe and dark matter through the CP violating oscillations and subsequent decays of $B$-Mesons in the early Universe at times right before BBN, $T \simeq (5-20)\,{\rm MeV}$. In this work, we point out that the photo-disassociation process $\gamma+B^0\to B^{0\star}$ that was not accounted for in the original studies is the most effective in leading to decoherence of CP violating oscillations. By providing a first principle calculation of the mechanism and considering this process we find that the efficiency of the mechanism is reduced by a factor of $\sim 2-100$ depending upon the effective reheating temperature in the model. Furthermore, we solve for BBN within the mechanism and find that consistency with observations requires $T_{\rm RH}>5.3\,{\rm MeV}$. These two findings imply that the required CP asymmetries and branching ratios of $B$ mesons into baryons and missing energy should at least be a factor of 10 larger than it was expected. Overall, we find that the mechanism is in tension with the lack of new-physics signals in these laboratory observables and may be ruled out experimentally already.