Canada — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings
Canada received 42 FDA import refusals in Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2025-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and ingredients not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Canada, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import bakery products, doughs, bakery mixes, and icings from Canada
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 42 refusals in the last 3 years, 31 were hazard findings and 11 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (42).
- Riskiest months
- April, June, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (27), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (7), undeclared allergen (3), filth (1), insanitary conditions (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (13), ingredients not listed (12), nutrition labeling (8).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery | 42 | 91,624 t | 2.2 | unsafe color additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 42 | 91,624 t |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- 300-6087487-5 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- 300-6069320-0 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color not declared
- 300-6052071-8 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color not declared
- 551-4163463-1 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- 300-6017332-8 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 300-6025625-5 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-6987497-9 PASTRY (ECLAIRS, CREAM PUFFS) CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLED Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listed
- 9DH-0081430-6 CRACKERS (NON FILLED) N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listed
- 9DH-0081078-3 PASTRY, FRUIT OR JELLY FILLED, WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 300-7936212-7 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 300-7926651-8 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 300-7908284-0 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color not declared
- 300-7862842-9 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color not declared
- 9DH-0078614-0 CAKE,CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLED Import division DNBI. no net quantitycolor additive labelingnutrition labeling
- 799-5707750-2 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- 551-4111783-5 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listednutrition labelingFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- 9DH-0076245-5 FRUIT FILLED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- 300-1922567-2 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantity+2 more
- 551-4085539-3 BAKLAVA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 9DH-0075082-3 CAKES, FILLED (OTHER THAN FRUIT OR JELLY) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveSalmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 48 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 2026-09-28. To get new ones for Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →