Netherlands — Candy Without Chocolate and Chewing Gum
Netherlands received 7 FDA import refusals in Candy Without Chocolate and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, not in English, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Netherlands, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import candy without chocolate and chewing gum from Netherlands
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2); DSEI — Southeast (2); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- June, October, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (4).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (3), no net quantity (2), nutrition labeling (2).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | 6 | 4,136 t | 68.7 | unsafe color additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 6 | 4,136 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-0979784-6 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot in English
- 1FX-5527433-6 CANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. not in English
- N77-0227681-7 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labeling+4 more
- 799-3954147-2 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
- 084-1802599-8 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 9DH-0054275-8 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNBI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- W24-1398033-5 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- 9UA-0291995-1 MINT CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- DP4-8582609-4 CANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), HARD, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. color not declarednot in English
- MC2-6886286-9 MINT CANDY, SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. color not declared
- DP4-8522982-8 CANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), HARD, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedcolor not declaredno manufacturer nameno net quantity+2 more
- BLS-9020027-0 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 9K9-1005899-6 HARD CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 13 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 2026-07-06. To get new ones for Netherlands by email, watch Netherlands.
Netherlands country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →