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

Lower risk. Mexico ranks 19th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 35.9 — above 10% of them.

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Mexico received 134 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 21 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filthy, unsafe col, and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 35.9 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Mexico over the last 3 years.

Of these, 120 were hazard refusals and 14 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

BPI-0264491-6 2026-09-09 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
NB8-0221641-7 2026-09-08 DSWISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) list ingreinconspicu
9L9-0254396-1 2026-09-02 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) fsvp vio
918-5447315-3 2026-09-02 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
N56-0051318-2 2026-09-01 DNEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblgno englishyellow #5
BJG-0220348-6 2026-08-25 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) labelingnutrit lbl
EFP-2608016-3 2026-08-21 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
SCS-9330063-7 2026-08-06 DSEICARAMEL CANDY PIECES, HARD, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
BJG-0218113-8 2026-08-04 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
BJG-0217362-2 2026-07-31 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) inconspicufalsenutrit lblneeds fce+1 more
NDA-0009270-6 2026-07-28 DSWILOLLIPOP (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
AMH-0035575-3 2026-07-23 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
02K-0000269-5 2026-07-21 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthycolor lblgunsafe col
BJG-0217389-5 2026-07-16 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
9VA-0301402-3 2026-07-16 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
BJG-0216772-3 2026-07-14 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
BJG-0218389-4 2026-07-13 DSWICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
918-5442261-4 2026-07-10 DSWILOLLIPOP (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
SCS-8156759-3 2026-07-10 DSEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) filthy
9L9-0252318-7 2026-07-06 DSWICHEWING GUM, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg