China — Ice Cream and Related Products
China received 227 FDA import refusals in Ice Cream and Related Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 85 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import ice cream and related products from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 227 refusals in the last 3 years, 220 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (147); DNEI — Northeast (71); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (7).
- Riskiest months
- September, August, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- melamine (119), unsafe color additive (117), poisonous or deleterious substance (19), unfit for food (18), FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared (15).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (113), not in English (9), ingredients not listed (5).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 83 | 83 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 85 | 81 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- NFT-2095220-5 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EAY-0057680-6 ICE CREAM, REGULAR, NOT VANILLA OR VANILLIN FLAVORED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2096176-8 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2096772-4 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2097033-0 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2096144-6 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2094131-5 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2094192-7 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2072767-2 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- NFT-2067117-7 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- NFT-2072758-1 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- NFT-2074380-2 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- NFT-2098883-7 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2097854-9 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2092640-7 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2092800-7 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2098486-9 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. FD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- 8BL-0045500-1 ICE CREAM, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2092909-6 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NFT-2095221-3 ICES, FRUIT FLAVORED, ON A STICK, (POPSICLES, ETC.) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
Data and downloads
Download all 237 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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