Turkey — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum
Turkey received 21 FDA import refusals in 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 color additive, nutrition labeling, and color not declared. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Turkey, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import candy without chocolate, candy specialties, and chewing gum from Turkey
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 21 refusals in the last 3 years, 15 were hazard findings and 6 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (11); DNEI — Northeast (7); DSEI — Southeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- March, July, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (13), undeclared allergen (2), unsafe food additive (2), insanitary handling (1), insanitary plant (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (6), color not declared (5), no manufacturer name (3).
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | 21 | 10,670 t | 36.1 | unsafe color additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 21 | 10,670 t |
"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
- K09-0100327-5 SOFT CANDY WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe food additivecolor not declaredunsafe color additive
- EI5-3652997-4 TOPPINGS WITHOUT FRUIT, NUTS OR CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color additive labeling
- DP4-8684251-2 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 605-4588746-9 LOLLIPOP (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- RTW-0039489-9 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivenutrition labeling
- F23-9353188-4 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceinsanitary plantinsanitary handlingSalmonella
- DP4-8676072-2 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 8GM-0102939-9 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer nameno net quantity+1 more
- BGK-9207436-9 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveunsafe food additive
- 8XG-0164121-6 GEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED Import division DNEI. undeclared allergennutrition labeling
- SCS-9198518-8 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8NR-0014382-8 FLAVORED CANDY, HARD (LIVE SAVERS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. color not declared
- 93P-0028306-7 GEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 9DH-0061932-5 TOPPINGS WITHOUT FRUIT, NUTS OR CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- F23-9323147-7 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. not in English
- D99-6631401-4 GEL CUPS, FRUIT FLAVORED Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- 791-4991487-6 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivenutrition labeling
- BFH-2404127-6 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. no net quantitynot in Englishnutrition labeling
- 791-4884110-4 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- K09-0090534-8 JELLIED CANDIES, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynutrition labelingingredients not listed+2 more
Data and downloads
Download all 49 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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Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →