China — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings
China received 163 FDA import refusals in Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 27 in 2026-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, ingredients not listed, and color not declared. 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 bakery products, doughs, bakery mixes, and icings from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 167 refusals in the last 3 years, 157 were hazard findings and 10 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (88); DNEI — Northeast (62); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (8).
- Riskiest months
- January, March, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- melamine (127), poisonous or deleterious substance (50), unfit for food (48), unsafe color additive (28), undeclared allergen (17).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (26), ingredients not listed (22), not in English (19).
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 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 27 | 26 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery | 167 | 980 t | 390.8 | melamine |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 167 | 980 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
- 065-0914766-3 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- K09-0100080-0 FRUIT/FRUIT FLAVORED PREPARED DRY COOKIE MIX WITHOUT MILK OR EGG Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- EJ2-0204154-0 FLAVORED OR PARTY CRACKERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- K09-0098617-3 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- K09-0100304-4 RICE CAKES Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 065-0914763-0 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredno manufacturer nameno net quantity+2 more
- 9HX-5803463-5 MACAROON,FILLED OR ICED COOKIES, BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNEI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedcolor not declared
- K09-0099142-1 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listednot in English
- EVR-0180690-5 SWEET GOODS,CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLED, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousundeclared allergenunsafe color additive
- 85J-2259160-6 CAKE,CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-8053512-0 BISCUITS Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- N2J-0000261-8 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. pesticide residuemelamineunfit for food
- 00V-0000068-2 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 84A-0101340-1 COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER DOUGH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedlabel not conspicuouscolor not declared+1 more
- NGB-2029626-3 BISCUITS Import division DNEI. melamine
- TZ6-6174183-3 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- K09-0100042-0 BREAD/ROLLS/BUNS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- NGK-2503031-1 CAKES, FRUIT OR JELLY FILLED Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NGB-2029219-7 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- 8JH-0135408-5 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno common namenutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 280 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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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →