United Kingdom — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy

Higher risk. United Kingdom ranks 4th of 21 origins shipping candy to the US on border rejections per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,826 — above 85% of them.

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United Kingdom received 94 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 34 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe col, color lblg, and nutrit lbl. Measured against US import value, that runs at 1,826 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from United Kingdom over the last 3 years.

Of these, 87 were hazard refusals and 7 were paperwork refusals.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

AEK-9654589-0 2026-08-18 DSEICANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. unsafe colcolor lblg
1FX-0175266-7 2026-08-14 DNBICANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. unsafe col
SCS-6425954-9 2026-07-10 DSEIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
AEK-0412615-6 2026-07-07 DNEIMIXED/ASSORTED SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS, FRUIT OR CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-7702751-1 2026-07-02 DSEICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
AEK-0305781-6 2026-06-15 DSEICHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) nutrit lbl
1FX-2182933-8 2026-06-09 DNEICAKE DECORATION (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) color lblg
AEK-0471046-2 2026-06-02 DSEIJELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-6059171-3 2026-05-27 DSEITAFFY (TOFFEE), KISSES CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-2440243-7 2026-05-04 DSEISOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-1331236-5 2026-04-30 DSEIBUBBLE GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-2973917-1 2026-04-24 DNEIMIXED/ASSORTED SOFT CANDY WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe colcolor lblg
9DH-0078747-8 2026-04-22 DNBICANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. color lblgunsafe col
SCS-0786843-0 2026-04-21 DSEIROCK CANDY, SOFT, WITH COCONUT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-0552670-9 2026-04-20 DSEICARAMEL CANDY PIECES, SOFT, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
SCS-0249328-3 2026-04-15 DSEIMARSHMALLOW CANDY, SOFT, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
AEK-0413977-9 2026-04-09 DNBICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
9DH-0079190-0 2026-03-17 DNBICANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) unsafe col
AEK-9549863-8 2026-03-16 DSEICANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. unsafe collacks n/cnutrit lbl
SCS-0140947-9 2026-03-16 DSEITAFFY (TOFFEE), KISSES CANDY, SOFT, WITH COCONUT (WITH CHOCOLATE) unsafe col