El Salvador — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy
El Salvador received 26 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 12 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive and color not declared. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,821 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from El Salvador over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import candy from El Salvador
Higher risk. El Salvador ranks 4th of 19 origins shipping candy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,821 — above 83% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 26 refusals in the last 3 years, 25 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 215 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 13 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (10); DNEI — Northeast (7); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (5).
- Riskiest months
- April, August, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (24), filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (11), FSVP violation (1).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- DM4-0867462-8 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0861725-4 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0859788-6 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0864690-7 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0859763-9 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0862427-6 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 8Q4-0009195-0 SOFT CANDY WITH FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0861073-9 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0861720-5 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSWI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0862426-8 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0856106-4 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0856097-5 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0857371-3 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0850656-4 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0852472-4 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0850109-4 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0851977-3 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0853078-8 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- DM4-0853376-6 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- DM4-0851724-9 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 29 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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El Salvador country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →