Philippines — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings
Philippines received 17 FDA import refusals in Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are color not declared, unsafe color additive, and ingredients not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Philippines, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import bakery products, doughs, bakery mixes, and icings from Philippines
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 17 refusals in the last 3 years, 11 were hazard findings and 6 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (13); DNEI — Northeast (3); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- June, September, October, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (10), undeclared allergen (1), melamine (1), poisonous or deleterious substance (1), unfit for food (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (11), ingredients not listed (5), false or misleading label (4).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery | 17 | 1,939 t | 121.7 | color not declared |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 17 | 1,939 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
- BDD-6711316-3 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredFD&C Yellow No. 5 undeclared
- BDD-6801575-5 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelno common name+1 more
- BDD-0834536-1 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listednot in Englishnutrition labeling
- W69-5221128-3 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivefalse or misleading labelcolor not declared
- SCS-5470147-6 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substancemelamineunfit for food
- 8MN-0018183-3 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-0782718-7 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- BDD-6710366-9 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelcolor not declared
- 427-8312360-9 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-0757710-5 BISCUITS Import division DNEI. color not declared
- BDD-0792658-3 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- W69-5150017-3 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DWCI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelcolor not declared+4 more
- 9BL-0242409-5 CRACKERS (NON FILLED) N.E.C. Import division DSWI. FSVP violationunsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-6707881-2 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-6800186-2 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
- BDD-6705358-3 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno net quantitynot in English
- 8J5-0000511-1 CAKE WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BDD-0842187-3 BISCUITS Import division DSEI. undeclared allergennutrition labelingcolor additive labeling
- BDD-6705037-3 BISCUITS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- BDD-6704952-4 NUT PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. Salmonella
Data and downloads
Download all 37 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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Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →