United Kingdom — Soft Drinks and Waters — Soft-Drinks
United Kingdom received 7 FDA import refusals in Soft-Drinks, part of Soft Drinks and Waters between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, color not declared, and nutrition labeling. Measured against US import value, that runs at 26.2 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from United Kingdom over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import soft-drinks from United Kingdom
Below the median. United Kingdom ranks 8th of 11 origins shipping soft-drinks to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 26.2 — above 30% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 16,402 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 4th highest refusal rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (4); DNEI — Northeast (2); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Riskiest months
- February, May, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (5).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (3), color not declared (2), no net quantity (2).
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- SCS-1532310-6 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-2890342-2 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 164-0305051-7 SOFT DRINK, CITRUS FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- SCS-9244675-1 ENERGY DRINK CAFFEINE, CARBONATED, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 164-0303546-8 SOFT DRINK, CITRUS FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DNEI. unsafe color additiveno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 8LY-0003198-7 SODA WATER, CARBONATED Import division DSEI. no net quantitynutrition labeling
- 8D4-0048811-4 SOFT DRINK, MIXED FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DWCI. nutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- 799-5654329-2 CARBONATED SOFT DRINK, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 164-0290149-6 SOFT DRINK, CITRUS FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- 164-0290276-7 SOFT DRINK, CITRUS FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- EB5-1575012-4 SOFT DRINK, BERRY FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DSWI. unsafe color additive
- GP9-0007031-7 SOFT DRINK, BERRY FRUIT FLAVORED, CARBONATED Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 12 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 2026-08-23. To get new ones for United Kingdom by email, watch United Kingdom.
United Kingdom country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →