How many soft drinks and water shipments from Japan did FDA refuse in 2023?

FDA refused 3 shipment lines of soft drinks and water from Japan in 2023 through December 18, 2023, compared with 1 in 2022.

Why does FDA refuse soft drinks and water from Japan?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For soft drinks and water from Japan the most frequent are NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 19 lines), NO PROCESS (no scheduled process filed, 8 lines) and UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721, 4 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover soft drinks and water from Japan?

As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Japan in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Japan firms; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: soft drinks and water from Japan

FDA category: Soft Drinks and Waters · October 2016 to December 18, 2023

FDA refused 31 soft drinks and water shipment lines from Japan between October 2016 and December 18, 2023, 3 of them in 2023; the most refused products were noncarbonated soft drink and carbonated soft drink, most often for NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English).

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

31
soft drinks and water lines refused since October 2016: 3
refused so far in 2023: 2%
of all FDA refusals from Japan: 5
firms with the most records, listed below

Soft drinks and water refusals from Japan 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
2023	3	+200%
2022	1	0%
2021	1	-50%
2020	2	-90%
2019	21
2017	1
2016 (from Oct)	2

Noncarbonated soft drink refusals from Japan

FDA refused 13 noncarbonated soft drink lines from Japan between October 2016 and December 18, 2023, 42% of the soft drinks and water lines.

Noncarbonated soft drink product descriptions refused from Japan
FDA product description	Lines	Share of soft drinks and water
Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c.	13	41.9%

Recent noncarbonated soft drink refusals

Recent Noncarbonated soft drink refusals from Japan
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Dec 18, 2023	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 18, 2023	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 22, 2020	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Jan 21, 2020	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NEEDS FCE NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 20, 2019	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source

Carbonated soft drink refusals from Japan

FDA refused 11 carbonated soft drink lines from Japan between October 2016 and December 18, 2023, 35% of the soft drinks and water lines.

Carbonated soft drink product descriptions refused from Japan
FDA product description	Lines	Share of soft drinks and water
Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c.	11	35.5%

Recent carbonated soft drink refusals

Recent Carbonated soft drink refusals from Japan
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Coca-Cola (Japan) Company,LimitedShibuya, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source

Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere refusals from Japan

FDA refused 5 soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere lines from Japan between October 2016 and December 18, 2023, 16% of the soft drinks and water lines.

Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere product descriptions refused from Japan
FDA product description	Lines	Share of soft drinks and water
Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c.	5	16.1%

Recent soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere refusals

Recent Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere refusals from Japan
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Nov 26, 2021	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Ezai CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Ezai CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source

Other soft drinks and water products refused from Japan

Products refused from Japan in soft drinks and water
Product group	Lines	Share
Soda water	1	3.2%
Soft drink	1	3.2%

Why FDA refused soft drinks and water from Japan

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

Most frequent refusal charges for soft drinks and water from Japan
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
NO ENGLISH	Required label information not in English	19	51%
NO PROCESS	No scheduled process filed	8	22%
UNSAFE COL	Color additive unsafe under section 721	4	11%
NEEDS FCE	Processor not registered for canned or acidified foods	3	8%
LACKS FIRM	Manufacturer name and address missing	1	3%
LIST INGRE	Ingredients not listed	1	3%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	1	3%

Japan soft drinks and water firms with the most FDA records

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

Japan soft drinks and water firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Kohsei Foods	Ibi-Gun	7
Ezai CO., LTD	Bunkyo	6
Kohyo Co., Ltd.	Yokkaichi	4
Aseed Brew Co., Ltd Utsunomiya Beverage Plant	Shimotsuke	4
Best Linkage	Kako-Gun	1

Latest soft drinks and water refusals from Japan

Latest FDA soft drinks and water refusals from Japan
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Dec 18, 2023	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 18, 2023	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Nov 8, 2023	Hatakosen Co., Ltd.Osaka, Japan	Soft drink, imitation fruit flavored, carbonated	NO ENGLISH	Source
Feb 11, 2022	Hata Kosen Co., Ltd.Osaka, Japan	Soda water, carbonated	LIST INGRE LACKS FIRM NO ENGLISH+1	Source
Nov 26, 2021	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 22, 2020	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Jan 21, 2020	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NEEDS FCE NO PROCESS	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 27, 2019	Kohyo Co., Ltd.Yokkaichi, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Dec 20, 2019	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO PROCESS	Source
Oct 28, 2019	Aseed Brew Co., Ltd Utsunomiya Beverage PlantShimotsuke, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	UNSAFE COL	Source
Jul 11, 2019	Kohsei FoodsIbi-Gun, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NEEDS FCE NO PROCESS	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Coca-Cola (Japan) Company,LimitedShibuya, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Fujiva CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Ezai CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Eizai Co LtdBunkyo, Japan	Carbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Ezai CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Soft drinks and waters not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source
Jun 27, 2019	Ezai CO., LTDBunkyo, Japan	Noncarbonated soft drink, n.e.c	NO ENGLISH	Source

Questions about soft drinks and water refusals from Japan

How many soft drinks and water shipments from Japan did FDA refuse in 2023?: FDA refused 3 shipment lines of soft drinks and water from Japan in 2023 through December 18, 2023, compared with 1 in 2022.
Why does FDA refuse soft drinks and water from Japan?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For soft drinks and water from Japan the most frequent are NO ENGLISH (required label information not in English, 19 lines), NO PROCESS (no scheduled process filed, 8 lines) and UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721, 4 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover soft drinks and water from Japan?: As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in Japan in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list Japan firms; see the country page.

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