Philippines — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum
Philippines received 3 FDA import refusals in Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are color not declared, unsafe color additive, and label not conspicuous. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Philippines, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 2 were hazard refusals and 1 were paperwork refusals.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | 3 | — | — | unsafe color additive |
"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-0733976-1 CARAMEL CANDY PIECES, HARD, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSWI. color not declaredlabel not conspicuousfalse or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- BDD-0757047-2 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- BDD-6706862-3 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredunsafe food additive
- BDD-0754398-2 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 4 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 →