Turkey — Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings — Bakery
Turkey received 11 FDA import refusals in Bakery, part of Bakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and Icings between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, no net quantity, and not in English. Measured against US import value, that runs at 30.2 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import bakery from Turkey
Above the median. Turkey ranks 7th of 14 origins shipping bakery to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 30.2 — above 54% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 12 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 42,811 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 7th highest refusal rate of 9 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (4); DSEI — Southeast (4); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- December, August, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (3), undeclared allergen (1), insanitary handling (1), insanitary plant (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (9), nutrition labeling (9), not in English (5).
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 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- K09-0100953-8 SWEET GOODS WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. label not conspicuousno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling+1 more
- 86V-3526741-2 MACAROON,PREPARED DRY COOKIE, BISCUITS AND WAFER MIXES WITH MILK OR EGGS Import division DSWI. no net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labelingundeclared allergen+3 more
- DP4-3927846-7 CAKE,CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLED Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveno net quantity
- AZR-4747301-3 CRACKERS (NON FILLED) N.E.C. Import division DNEI. no net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labelingno common name+2 more
- F23-9329377-4 MIXED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNBI. labelingnutrition labelingno net quantity
- 399-1116893-6 SWEET GOODS WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. not to standard of identitynot in Englishnutrition labeling
- 805-0135757-0 CAKE PREPARED DRY MIX WITH CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 8RG-2456925-9 CREME FILLED/ICED COOKIE,BISCUIT,WAFER Import division DSEI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- 9UA-0302072-6 MIXED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabeling
- 8V6-0032904-0 SWEET GOODS WITHOUT CUSTARD OR CREAM FILLING, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivenot in English
- 9K9-1019907-1 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSEI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- SCS-1636615-9 OTHER BAKERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. no net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- 9K9-1016439-8 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DSEI. labeling
- DP4-8590695-3 PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labeling
- 9K9-1015597-4 CHOCOLATE FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 523-1335620-7 FRUIT/FRUIT FLAVORED FILLED/ICED COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DNEI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 8V6-0018418-9 BISCUITS Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling+1 more
- 332-0265818-4 BUTTER/BUTTER FLAVORED,PLAIN COOKIES,BISCUITS AND WAFERS Import division DWCI. FSVP violation
- 8NR-0006281-2 CAKES, FILLED (OTHER THAN FRUIT OR JELLY) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labeling+2 more
- 9K9-1010571-4 BISCUITS Import division DNEI. labelingnutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 25 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 2026-10-08. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →