South Korea — Bakery Products, Doughs, Mixes and Icings — Bakery
South Korea received 5 FDA import refusals in Bakery, part of Bakery Products, Doughs, Mixes and Icings between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are undeclared allergen, ingredients not listed, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 8.7 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from South Korea over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import bakery from South Korea
Below the median. South Korea ranks 10th of 13 origins shipping bakery to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 8.7 — above 25% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 18,885 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 5th highest refusal rate of 9 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (3); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, April, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (2), refused establishment inspection (1), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- listing refusal (2), ingredients not listed (2), color not declared (1).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- U47-2604929-7 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EPM-0193527-5 RICE CAKES Import division DWCI. listing refusal
- U47-2513617-8 SWEET GOODS WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. refused establishment inspectionlisting refusal
- EJA-5202730-9 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- EJA-5204290-2 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergentrans fat
- 9NX-0004466-2 RICE CRACKERS Import division DWCI. filth
- 8UU-0012236-6 RICE CAKES Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- EJA-5143540-4 CHOCOLATE PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNBI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- 9N6-0005984-4 MIXED PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedallergen cross-contactnutrition labeling
- EJA-5116951-6 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- 316-2516008-5 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe food additive
- U47-0909936-8 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergenlabelingno common name
- EJA-5116905-2 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. undeclared allergen
- EUG-0017485-4 RICE CAKES Import division DWCI. color not declared
- EJA-5115637-2 CHOCOLATE PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergenallergen cross-contact
- EJA-5116911-0 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- EJA-5116577-9 CHOCOLATE PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedpreservative not declaredundeclared allergen
- EJA-5113702-6 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. undeclared allergen
Data and downloads
Download all 18 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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South Korea country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →