How many sweeteners shipments from Egypt did FDA refuse in 2025?

FDA refused 2 shipment lines of sweeteners from Egypt in 2025 through March 12, 2025, compared with 4 in 2024.

Why does FDA refuse sweeteners from Egypt?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For sweeteners from Egypt the most frequent are UNSAFE ADD (food additive unsafe under section 409, 7 lines), VETDRUGRES (animal drug residue, 6 lines) and FSVP VIO (importer not in compliance with FSVP, 3 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover sweeteners from Egypt?

As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Egypt firms are Import Alert 36-04 (3 firms). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Egypt firms too; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: sweeteners from Egypt

FDA category: Food Sweeteners (Nutritive) · October 2016 to March 12, 2025

FDA refused 16 sweeteners shipment lines from Egypt between October 2016 and March 12, 2025, 2 of them in 2025; the most refused products were honey and molasses, most often for UNSAFE ADD (food additive unsafe under section 409).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 26, 2026.

16
sweeteners lines refused since October 2016: 2
refused so far in 2025: 3%
of all FDA refusals from Egypt: 4
firms with the most records, listed below

Sweeteners refusals from Egypt 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	-50%
2024	4	+300%
2023	1
2021	2
2019	1	-67%
2018	3
2016 (from Oct)	3

Honey refusals from Egypt

FDA refused 14 honey lines from Egypt between October 2016 and March 12, 2025, 88% of the sweeteners lines.

Honey product descriptions refused from Egypt
FDA product description	Lines	Share of sweeteners
Honey	14	87.5%

Recent honey refusals

Recent Honey refusals from Egypt
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Feb 4, 2025	A.U.F EgyptCairo, Egypt	Honey	VETDRUGRES LACKS FIRM LACKS N/C+2	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jan 29, 2024	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD VETDRUGRES	Source

Molasses refusals from Egypt

FDA refused 1 molasses line from Egypt between October 2016 and March 12, 2025, 6% of the sweeteners lines.

Molasses product descriptions refused from Egypt
FDA product description	Lines	Share of sweeteners
Molasses	1	6.3%

Recent molasses refusals

Recent Molasses refusals from Egypt
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Mar 12, 2025	A.U.F EgyptCairo, Egypt	Molasses	UNSAFE ADD	Source

Syrups and molasses refusals from Egypt

FDA refused 1 syrups and molasses line from Egypt between October 2016 and March 12, 2025, 6% of the sweeteners lines.

Syrups and molasses product descriptions refused from Egypt
FDA product description	Lines	Share of sweeteners
Syrups and molasses, n.e.c.	1	6.3%

Recent syrups and molasses refusals

Recent Syrups and molasses refusals from Egypt
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Oct 12, 2016	Hero Nutritional Food IndustriesQaliobia, Egypt	Syrups and molasses, n.e.c	LIST INGRE	Source

Why FDA refused sweeteners from Egypt

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

Most frequent refusal charges for sweeteners from Egypt
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
UNSAFE ADD	Food additive unsafe under section 409	7	28%
VETDRUGRES	Animal drug residue	6	24%
FSVP VIO	Importer not in compliance with FSVP	3	12%
LACKS N/C	Net quantity statement missing	2	8%
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	2	8%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	2	8%
LABELING	Fair Packaging and Labeling Act	1	4%
LACKS FIRM	Manufacturer name and address missing	1	4%
LIST INGRE	Ingredients not listed	1	4%

Import alerts for sweeteners that list Egypt firms

Import alerts for sweeteners listing firms in Egypt
Alert	Covers	Red	Green
36-04	Honey and blended syrup: drug residues	3

Egypt sweeteners firms with the most FDA records

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

Egypt sweeteners firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional Foods	Cairo	6
Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]	Alexandria	3
A.U.F Egypt	Cairo	2
Abdel Rehimabdel Hafez	Alexandria	1

Latest sweeteners refusals from Egypt

Latest FDA sweeteners refusals from Egypt
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Mar 12, 2025	A.U.F EgyptCairo, Egypt	Molasses	UNSAFE ADD	Source
Feb 4, 2025	A.U.F EgyptCairo, Egypt	Honey	VETDRUGRES LACKS FIRM LACKS N/C+2	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jun 21, 2024	Egyptian Co For Food Development[Faragalla Group]Alexandria, Egypt	Honey	FSVP VIO	Source
Jan 29, 2024	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD VETDRUGRES	Source
Dec 15, 2023	Imtenan Health Shop For Healthyand Functional FoodsQalyub, Egypt	Honey	VETDRUGRES	Source
Jul 20, 2021	Al Temsah For Honey and FoodTanta, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD	Source
Jul 20, 2021	Al Temsah For Honey and FoodTanta, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD	Source
Jul 18, 2019	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	VETDRUGRES	Source
Oct 22, 2018	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD	Source
Feb 7, 2018	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD VETDRUGRES	Source
Feb 7, 2018	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	UNSAFE ADD VETDRUGRES LACKS N/C+1	Source
Oct 12, 2016	Imtenan Health Shop for Healthy Functional FoodsCairo, Egypt	Honey	LABELING	Source
Oct 12, 2016	Abdel Rehimabdel HafezAlexandria, Egypt	Honey	NO ENGLISH	Source
Oct 12, 2016	Hero Nutritional Food IndustriesQaliobia, Egypt	Syrups and molasses, n.e.c	LIST INGRE	Source

Questions about sweeteners refusals from Egypt

How many sweeteners shipments from Egypt did FDA refuse in 2025?: FDA refused 2 shipment lines of sweeteners from Egypt in 2025 through March 12, 2025, compared with 4 in 2024.
Why does FDA refuse sweeteners from Egypt?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For sweeteners from Egypt the most frequent are UNSAFE ADD (food additive unsafe under section 409, 7 lines), VETDRUGRES (animal drug residue, 6 lines) and FSVP VIO (importer not in compliance with FSVP, 3 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover sweeteners from Egypt?: As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Egypt firms are Import Alert 36-04 (3 firms). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Egypt firms too; see the country page.

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