United Kingdom — Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum — Candy
United Kingdom received 96 FDA import refusals in Candy, part of Candy Without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing Gum between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 34 in 2025-Q4, with the trend falling 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 1,865 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 candy from United Kingdom
Higher risk. United Kingdom ranks 3rd of 19 origins shipping candy to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 1,865 — above 89% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 96 refusals in the last 3 years, 83 were hazard findings and 13 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 61 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the highest refusal rate of 13 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (68); DNEI — Northeast (19); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (8).
- Riskiest months
- October, September, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (82), undeclared allergen (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- color not declared (17), nutrition labeling (17), no net quantity (13).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 34 | 30 | 4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-2078038-2 BUBBLE GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 1FX-3723196-7 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- AEK-9654589-0 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 1FX-0175266-7 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-6425954-9 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- AEK-0412615-6 MIXED/ASSORTED SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS, FRUIT OR CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-7702751-1 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- AEK-0305781-6 CHEWING GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 1FX-2182933-8 CAKE DECORATION (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. color not declared
- AEK-0471046-2 JELLIED CANDY, SOFT (JELLY BEANS, GUM DROPS, ETC.), WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-6059171-3 TAFFY (TOFFEE), KISSES CANDY, HARD, WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-2440243-7 SOFT CANDY WITHOUT NUTS AND FRUIT, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-1331236-5 BUBBLE GUM (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-2973917-1 MIXED/ASSORTED SOFT CANDY WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- 9DH-0078747-8 CANDY WITHOUT CHOCOLATE N.E.C. Import division DNBI. color not declaredunsafe color additive
- SCS-0786843-0 ROCK CANDY, SOFT, WITH COCONUT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-0552670-9 CARAMEL CANDY PIECES, SOFT, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-0249328-3 MARSHMALLOW CANDY, SOFT, WITH FRUIT (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- AEK-0413977-9 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- 9DH-0079190-0 CANDY SPECIALTIES, N.E.C. (WITHOUT CHOCOLATE) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 107 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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United Kingdom country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →