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

Lower risk. Turkey ranks 18th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 36.1 — above 15% of them.

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Turkey received 21 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, nutrit lbl, and color lblg. Measured against US import value, that runs at 36.1 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years.

Of these, 17 were hazard refusals and 4 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

K09-0100327-5 2026-08-21 DNBISOFT CANDY WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe addcolor lblgunsafe col
EI5-3652997-4 2026-08-14 DNBITOPPINGS WITHOUT FRUIT, NUTS OR CHOCOLATE N.E.C. colorlabel
DP4-8684251-2 2026-08-08 DNEIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
605-4588746-9 2026-07-17 DNBILOLLIPOP (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
RTW-0039489-9 2026-06-29 DNBISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colnutrit lbl
F23-9353188-4 2026-05-29 DNEIFLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) poisonousmfr insanmfr injsalmonella
DP4-8676072-2 2026-03-25 DNEIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
8GM-0102939-9 2025-07-16 DNBISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) list ingreinconspiculacks firmlacks n/c+1 more
BGK-9207436-9 2025-06-05 DNBIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colunsafe add
8XG-0164121-6 2025-04-01 DNEIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED allergennutrit lbl
SCS-9198518-8 2025-03-20 DSEISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
8NR-0014382-8 2025-03-19 DNBIFLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) color lblg
93P-0028306-7 2025-02-14 DNEIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED unsafe colcolor lblg
9DH-0061932-5 2025-01-13 DNEITOPPINGS WITHOUT FRUIT, NUTS OR CHOCOLATE N.E.C. unsafe col
F23-9323147-7 2024-12-20 DNEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) no english
D99-6631401-4 2024-10-29 DSWIGEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED list ingrelacks firmnutrit lbl
791-4991487-6 2024-10-09 DNBIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colnutrit lbl
BFH-2404127-6 2024-09-19 DNBICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) lacks n/cno englishnutrit lbl
791-4884110-4 2024-08-30 DNBIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
K09-0090534-8 2023-12-19 DNBIJELLIED CANDIES, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe collacks n/cnutrit lbllist ingre+2 more