Italy — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy
Italy 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 10 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and ingredients not listed. Measured against US import value, that runs at 323.2 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Italy over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import candy from Italy
Above the median. Italy ranks 10th of 19 origins shipping candy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 323.2 — above 50% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 27 refusals in the last 3 years, 22 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 598 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 6th highest refusal rate of 13 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (20); DSEI — Southeast (5); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- April, March, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (21), undeclared allergen (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (5), ingredients not listed (4), no net quantity (3).
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 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 555-0730387-7 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- NAU-0006152-2 MARSHMALLOW CANDY, SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedno net quantitynot in English+2 more
- SCS-9520669-9 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunauthorized health claim
- 799-1102186-5 MIXED/ASSORTED HARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedlabel not conspicuous
- 799-0699193-2 CHEWING GUM, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. label not conspicuousnutrition labelingingredients not listedno common name
- 97N-0624198-9 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedcolor not declared
- 739-9019576-7 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. no common nameundeclared allergen
- SCS-9494018-0 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-9373203-4 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-8211000-2 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3078678-8 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-3078660-6 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-3055470-7 CHEWING GUM, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-3321329-3 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3669374-9 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3413811-9 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3440149-1 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3386848-4 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3078656-4 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-3144948-5 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 31 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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Italy country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →