Turkey — Chocolate and Cocoa Products — Chocolate-Cocoa

Turkey received 34 FDA import refusals in Chocolate-Cocoa, part of Chocolate and Cocoa Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 13 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and insanitary plant. Measured against US import value, that runs at 249.4 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 chocolate-cocoa from Turkey

Higher risk. Turkey ranks 3rd of 9 origins shipping chocolate-cocoa to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 249.4 — above 75% of them.

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 34 refusals in the last 3 years, 30 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
Refusals against import volume: On average, 1 refusal per 790 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (10); DSEI — Southeast (9); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (8).
Riskiest months: January, February, October, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: unsafe color additive (25), Salmonella (3), insanitary handling (2), insanitary plant (2), undeclared allergen (1).
Paperwork to get right: color not declared (17), no net quantity (4), nutrition labeling (4).

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
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	2	1	1
2025-Q2	0	0	0
2025-Q3	2	2	0
2025-Q4	11	9	2
2026-Q1	13	12	1
2026-Q2	3	3	0
2026-Q3	3	3	0

Recent refusals

AZR-0002154-4 2026-07-28 CHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
8RG-2688475-5 2026-07-27 CHOCOLATE SYRUP (EXCEPT CHOCOLATE CANDY AND CHOCOLATE BEVERAGE BASE) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
8NR-0203121-1 2026-07-13 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
8NR-0202822-5 2026-06-22 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
BQK-2573012-7 2026-05-28 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
1FX-5186225-7 2026-05-04 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
8NR-0201994-3 2026-03-31 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504965-7 2026-02-24 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
EJG-2504666-1 2026-02-10 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504285-0 2026-02-08 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
NU7-0076119-7 2026-02-04 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504575-4 2026-02-03 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504127-4 2026-02-02 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. color not declared
8NR-0201437-3 2026-01-30 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
EJG-2504501-0 2026-01-20 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor additive labeling
EJG-2504279-3 2026-01-20 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504187-8 2026-01-14 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504297-5 2026-01-14 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504299-1 2026-01-13 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
EJG-2504188-6 2025-12-23 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared

Data and downloads

Download all 36 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 →