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

Sweden received 80 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 21 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and not in English. Measured against US import value, that runs at 3,902 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Sweden over the last 3 years.

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Key figures

If you import candy from Sweden

Higher risk. Sweden ranks 1st of 19 origins shipping candy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 3,902 — the highest of them.

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 80 refusals in the last 3 years, 65 were hazard findings and 15 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DSEI — Southeast (29); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (21); DWCI — West Coast (18).
Riskiest months: October, September, July, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: unsafe color additive (63), undeclared allergen (2).
Paperwork to get right: color not declared (28), nutrition labeling (23), no net quantity (13).

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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2024-Q1	2	0	2
2024-Q2	0	0	0
2024-Q3	1	1	0
2024-Q4	11	11	0
2025-Q1	4	3	1
2025-Q2	0	0	0
2025-Q3	4	2	2
2025-Q4	5	2	3
2026-Q1	8	6	2
2026-Q2	13	13	0
2026-Q3	21	17	4
2026-Q4	11	10	1

Recent refusals

AD4-0726145-3 2026-10-22 MARSHMALLOW CANDY, SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
1FX-3804793-3 2026-10-21 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
1FX-5720329-2 2026-10-16 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot in English
1FX-7762713-2 2026-10-14 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
1FX-3070121-4 2026-10-09 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additiveingredients not listedflavor not declaredcolor not declared+1 more
1FX-1465717-6 2026-10-08 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
1FX-5471974-6 2026-10-07 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
1FX-4664774-0 2026-10-07 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNEI. nutrition labeling
1FX-5191845-7 2026-10-07 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
1FX-5312797-4 2026-10-06 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
1FX-5477790-0 2026-10-06 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
J21-0119554-8 2026-09-28 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
1FX-5191937-2 2026-09-25 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuouscolor not declaredno manufacturer name+6 more
1FX-4222656-4 2026-09-25 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
1FX-5166112-3 2026-09-25 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
SCS-7212896-8 2026-09-21 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
AEK-9877847-3 2026-09-18 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
1FX-4130503-9 2026-09-18 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
J21-0117238-0 2026-09-15 FLAVORED CANDY, SOFT (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
1FX-1224722-8 2026-09-11 CANDY BAR OR PIECES (NOT CARAMEL OR FONDANT), SOFT, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive

Data and downloads

Download all 81 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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