Turkey — Chocolate and Cocoa Products
Turkey received 34 FDA import refusals in 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 and cocoa products from Turkey
Above the median. Turkey ranks 3rd of 8 origins shipping chocolate and cocoa products to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 249.4 — above 71% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 34 refusals in the last 3 years, 30 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone.
- 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
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 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate-Cocoa | 34 | 790 t | 249.4 | unsafe color additive |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 34 | 790 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
- AZR-0002154-4 CHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8RG-2688475-5 CHOCOLATE SYRUP (EXCEPT CHOCOLATE CANDY AND CHOCOLATE BEVERAGE BASE) Import division DWCI. insanitary plantinsanitary handling
- 8NR-0203121-1 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 8NR-0202822-5 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- BQK-2573012-7 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additive
- 1FX-5186225-7 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 8NR-0201994-3 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504965-7 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- EJG-2504666-1 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504285-0 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- NU7-0076119-7 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504575-4 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504127-4 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNEI. color not declared
- 8NR-0201437-3 CHOCOLATE BARS Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- EJG-2504501-0 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor additive labeling
- EJG-2504279-3 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504187-8 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504297-5 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504299-1 CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR, WITH NUTS OR NUT PRODUCTS (NOT COCONUT) Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- EJG-2504188-6 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.
The file holds entries up to 2026-07-28. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →