Guatemala — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum
Guatemala received 4 FDA import refusals in Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q4, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and not in English. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Guatemala, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 3 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.
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 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | 4 | — | — | undeclared allergen |
"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-6266038-7 MINT CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameno net quantitynot in Englishundeclared allergen+1 more
- EQW-0054448-8 CEREAL CONFECTION (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. not in English
- 826-0239382-7 CARAMEL CANDY PIECES, SOFT, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. undeclared allergen
- 826-0242663-5 CARAMEL CANDY PIECES, SOFT, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- U10-1232035-8 CANDY COATED POPCORN (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- U10-1232082-0 CANDY COATED POPCORN (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- U10-1232030-9 CANDY COATED POPCORN (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- U10-1231479-9 CANDY COATED POPCORN (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 224-1202060-8 JELLY FRUIT POPPERS CANDY Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivefilth
Data and downloads
Download all 9 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 2026-10-09. To get new ones for Guatemala by email, watch Guatemala.
Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →