How many chocolate and cocoa shipments from Belgium did FDA refuse in 2025?

FDA refused 2 shipment lines of chocolate and cocoa from Belgium in 2025 through January 8, 2025.

Why does FDA refuse chocolate and cocoa from Belgium?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For chocolate and cocoa from Belgium the most frequent are NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 6 lines), ALLERGEN (major food allergen not declared, 5 lines) and INCONSPICU (required information not conspicuous, 3 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover chocolate and cocoa from Belgium?

As of October 25, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Belgium in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Belgium firms; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: chocolate and cocoa from Belgium

FDA category: Chocolate and Cocoa Products · October 2016 to January 8, 2025

FDA refused 14 chocolate and cocoa shipment lines from Belgium between October 2016 and January 8, 2025, 2 of them in 2025; the most refused products were mixed or assorted chocolate candies and chocolate candy bar, most often for NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 25, 2026.

14
chocolate and cocoa lines refused since October 2016: 2
refused so far in 2025: 11%
of all FDA refusals from Belgium: 3
firms with the most records, listed below

Chocolate and cocoa refusals from Belgium by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.

FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2025	2
2020	1	-89%
2019	9
2017	1
2016 (from Oct)	1

Mixed or assorted chocolate candies refusals from Belgium

FDA refused 5 mixed or assorted chocolate candies lines from Belgium between October 2016 and January 8, 2025, 36% of the chocolate and cocoa lines.

Mixed or assorted chocolate candies product descriptions refused from Belgium
FDA product description	Lines	Share of chocolate and cocoa
Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	4	28.6%
Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), without nuts and fruit	1	7.1%

Recent mixed or assorted chocolate candies refusals

Recent Mixed or assorted chocolate candies refusals from Belgium
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Jan 24, 2020	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	NUTRIT LBL	Source
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	ALLERGEN	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	INCONSPICU	Source
Mar 6, 2017	S.A. CONFISERIE LEONIDAS (site Graindor)Anderlecht, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 28, 2016	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), without nuts and fruit	UNSAFE COL	Source

Chocolate candy bar refusals from Belgium

FDA refused 4 chocolate candy bar lines from Belgium between October 2016 and January 8, 2025, 29% of the chocolate and cocoa lines.

Chocolate candy bar product descriptions refused from Belgium
FDA product description	Lines	Share of chocolate and cocoa
Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	4	28.6%

Recent chocolate candy bar refusals

Recent Chocolate candy bar refusals from Belgium
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	NO ENGLISH ALLERGEN	Source
Sep 13, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	FLAVR LBLG NUTRIT LBL	Source
Sep 13, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	FLAVR LBLG NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	INCONSPICU ALLERGEN	Source

Chocolate covered candy pieces refusals from Belgium

FDA refused 3 chocolate covered candy pieces lines from Belgium between October 2016 and January 8, 2025, 21% of the chocolate and cocoa lines.

Chocolate covered candy pieces product descriptions refused from Belgium
FDA product description	Lines	Share of chocolate and cocoa
Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	3	21.4%

Recent chocolate covered candy pieces refusals

Recent Chocolate covered candy pieces refusals from Belgium
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	USUAL NAME ALLERGEN	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	INCONSPICU	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	ALLERGEN LABELING NUTRIT LBL	Source

Other chocolate and cocoa products refused from Belgium

Products refused from Belgium in chocolate and cocoa
Product group	Lines	Share
Chocolate bars	2	14.3%

Why FDA refused chocolate and cocoa from Belgium

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several.

Most frequent refusal charges for chocolate and cocoa from Belgium
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	6	29%
ALLERGEN	Major food allergen not declared	5	24%
INCONSPICU	Required information not conspicuous	3	14%
FLAVR LBLG	Appears to contain an artificial flavoring and it fails to bear labeling stating that fact.	2	10%
UNSAFE COL	Color additive unsafe under section 721	2	10%
LABELING	Fair Packaging and Labeling Act	1	5%
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	1	5%
USUAL NAME	Common or usual name missing	1	5%

Belgium chocolate and cocoa firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data, not a ranking of quality.

Belgium chocolate and cocoa firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.	Koekelberg	11
Tony'S Chocolonely	Borsbeek	2
S.A. CONFISERIE LEONIDAS (site Graindor)	Anderlecht	1

Latest chocolate and cocoa refusals from Belgium

Latest FDA chocolate and cocoa refusals from Belgium
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Jan 8, 2025	Tony'S ChocolonelyBorsbeek, Belgium	Chocolate bars	NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jan 8, 2025	Tony'S ChocolonelyBorsbeek, Belgium	Chocolate bars	NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jan 24, 2020	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	NUTRIT LBL	Source
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	ALLERGEN	Source
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	USUAL NAME ALLERGEN	Source
Oct 2, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	NO ENGLISH ALLERGEN	Source
Sep 13, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	FLAVR LBLG NUTRIT LBL	Source
Sep 13, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	FLAVR LBLG NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate candy bar, with nuts or nut products (not coconut)	INCONSPICU ALLERGEN	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	INCONSPICU	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Chocolate covered candy pieces, without nuts and fruit	ALLERGEN LABELING NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 12, 2019	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	INCONSPICU	Source
Mar 6, 2017	S.A. CONFISERIE LEONIDAS (site Graindor)Anderlecht, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit	UNSAFE COL	Source
Oct 28, 2016	Godiva Belgium b.v.b.a.Koekelberg, Belgium	Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), without nuts and fruit	UNSAFE COL	Source

Questions about chocolate and cocoa refusals from Belgium

How many chocolate and cocoa shipments from Belgium did FDA refuse in 2025?: FDA refused 2 shipment lines of chocolate and cocoa from Belgium in 2025 through January 8, 2025.
Why does FDA refuse chocolate and cocoa from Belgium?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For chocolate and cocoa from Belgium the most frequent are NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 6 lines), ALLERGEN (major food allergen not declared, 5 lines) and INCONSPICU (required information not conspicuous, 3 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover chocolate and cocoa from Belgium?: As of October 25, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Belgium in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Belgium firms; see the country page.

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