India — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy

Above the median. India ranks 7th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,274 — above 70% of them.

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India received 36 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, filthy, and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,274 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.

Of these, 33 were hazard refusals and 3 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

SCS-0285424-6 2026-09-08 DNEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe collist ingre
WUG-0224208-8 2026-07-29 DWCICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
KM6-3682737-0 2026-07-15 DNBICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthylacks n/cnutrit lbl
1FX-1730235-7 2026-06-16 DSEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthylabeling
H67-1709592-0 2026-03-19 DNEIHARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblgcolorlabel
AEK-9158829-1 2026-01-21 DSEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) list ingredietarylbldietarylabeling
8RG-2586163-0 2025-12-18 DNEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
H67-1702081-1 2025-12-09 DWCIHARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
K80-5147108-5 2025-11-13 DWCIMINT CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
KM6-3660103-1 2025-10-17 DNEICANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
EVJ-1244471-0 2025-10-10 DWCIHARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthyunsafe colcolor lblg
8L5-0002796-2 2025-08-19 DWCICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) sulfitelbllist ingreno englishallergen
8L5-0002753-3 2025-08-12 DNEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
U47-2503362-3 2025-07-29 DNEISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) list ingrecolor lblgnutrit lblunsafe col+2 more
DP4-3828439-1 2025-07-16 DNEICANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), SOFT, WITH NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) allergen
AEK-8495743-8 2025-06-13 DSEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
KM6-3636570-2 2025-04-23 DNEIHARD CANDY WITH FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe collist ingre
MQ9-0209146-0 2025-03-24 DWCIROCK CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
KM6-3647520-4 2025-03-19 DSWIFLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) color lblgunsafe col
KM6-3645220-3 2025-03-14 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colfilthycolor lblg