Germany — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum
Germany received 5 FDA import refusals in Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, no net quantity, and labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Germany, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import candy without chocolate, candy specialties, and chewing gum from Germany
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (3); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (3), no net quantity (2), color not declared (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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | 5 | 38,352 t | 6.5 | nutrition labeling |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 5 | 38,352 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
- 1FX-4115554-0 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. labelingnutrition labeling
- SCS-2067171-2 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- EB5-1618659-1 HARD CANDY WITH FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- SCS-5124386-7 CANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), SOFT, WITH COCONUT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedcolor not declaredno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- 9AJ-0834545-4 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 5 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 2026-09-14. To get new ones for Germany by email, watch Germany.
Germany country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →