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FDA import refusals from United Kingdom

Food, dietary supplements and animal food · October 2016 to October 15, 2026 · how the data is collected

FDA refused 1,193 shipment lines from United Kingdom between October 2016 and October 2026, including 166 in 2026 through October 15, 2026; the most common charges were NUTRIT LBL, UNSAFE COL and LACKS N/C, and the most refused category was dietary supplements.

Data from FDA public records, last checked .

1,193
refused shipment lines since October 2016
166
refused so far in 2026
714
United Kingdom firms with an FDA record
123
firms on an active import alert

Refusals from United Kingdom by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.
Bar chart: refusal lines by 2016 to 2026. The same numbers are in the table.01002003002016 (from October 1): 52 refusal lines’162017: 114 refusal lines’172018: 143 refusal lines’182019: 124 refusal lines’192020: 97 refusal lines’202021: 39 refusal lines’212022: 88 refusal lines’222023: 54 refusal lines’232024: 114 refusal lines’242025: 202 refusal lines202’252026 (year to date): 166 refusal lines166’26*
* 2026 is year to date, through October 15, 2026. FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.
Refusal lines by year
YearRefusal linesvs prior year
2026 (to date)166
2025202+77%
2024114+111%
202354-39%
202288+126%
202139-60%
202097-22%
2019124-13%
2018143+25%
2017114
2016 (from Oct)52

Why FDA refused United Kingdom shipment lines

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several. Each code opens FDA's official statement and the countries and products behind it.
Most frequent refusal charges for United Kingdom
Charge codeMeaningLinesShare
NUTRIT LBLNutrition information missing from label50730%
UNSAFE COLColor additive unsafe under section 72125115%
LACKS N/CNet quantity statement missing20212%
NCONTACTNo U.S. adverse event contact on supplement label1408%
UNAPPROVEDUnapproved new drug1368%
LIST INGREIngredients not listed1086%
DIETARYLBLNot identified as a dietary supplement1066%
LABELINGFair Packaging and Labeling Act986%
LACKS FIRMManufacturer name and address missing905%
FALSEFalse or misleading labeling624%

What FDA refused from United Kingdom, by product category

FDA product categories, most refused first. Open a category for its product, charge and firm tables.
FDA import refusals from United Kingdom by product category
CategoryMost refused productsLines
Dietary supplementsVitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary SpecialtiesVitamin, mineral, proteins and unconventional dietary specialities for humans and animals, n.e.c.; Herbals & botanicals (not teas), n.e.c.; Vitamin, n.e.c.372
Candy and chewing gumCandy without Chocolate, Candy Specialties, and Chewing GumCandy specialties, n.e.c. (without chocolate); Soft candy without nuts and fruit, n.e.c. (without chocolate); Candy without chocolate n.e.c.265
Baby foodBaby (Infant and Junior) Food ProductsMilk base infant formula product (0-12 months), powder formula; Wheat cereal (baby); Baby and junior food n.e.c.86
Chocolate and cocoaChocolate and Cocoa ProductsChocolate candy bar, without nuts and fruit; Mixed or assorted chocolate candies (bars, boxes, loose form), with nuts and fruit; Chocolate candy pieces, without nuts and fruit77
Meal replacementsDietary Conventional Foods and Meal ReplacementsDietary conventional foods, n.e.c.; Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners; Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims64
Soft drinks and waterSoft Drinks and WatersCarbonated soft drink, n.e.c.; Soft drink, citrus fruit flavored, carbonated; Carbonated water (nonmedicinal), n.e.c.42
Bakery productsBakery Products, Doughs, Bakery Mixes, and IcingsOther bakery products, n.e.c.; Pastry (eclairs, cream puffs) custard or cream filled; Chocolate filled/iced cookies,biscuits and wafers39
Cereals and breakfast foodsCereal Preparations, Breakfast FoodsGranola bars; Cereal preparations not elsewhere mentioned, n.e.c.; Mixed cereal flakes,shredded and other forms ready to eat33
Vegetables (legumes and leafy)Vegetables and Vegetable Products (legumes, leaf and stem, fruit vegetables)Navy (white) beans (baked beans, pork & beans), in sauce; Bean, corn, pea with sauce, n.e.c. (vegetable); Beans, corn, and pea, n.e.c. (vegetable)20
Tropical and pit fruitFruit and Fruit Products (pit, subtropical and tropical fruits)Tamarind, dried or paste; Ackees, dried or paste; Tamarind (subtropical and tropical fruit purees)19
Dressings and condimentsDressings and CondimentsCondiments, n.e.c.; Chutney; Pepper sauce (hot, mild, etc.)19
Berries and citrusFruit and Fruit Products (berries, citrus and core fruits)Currants, black, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter and candied; Currants, black cassis, juices or concentrates; Raspberry, red, jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, butter and candied17
SpicesSpices, Flavors, and SaltsMixed spice and seasonings, ground, cracked, without salt, n.e.c.; Curry leaf, ground, cracked (spice); Spices and seasoning, ground, cracked, with salt, n.e.c.17
Grains and starchWhole Grains, Milled Grain Products, and StarchRice, basmati, processed (packaged); Corn starch; Grain, whole, n.e.c.16
Nuts and seedsNuts and Edible SeedsBetel nut, shelled; Betel nut, in shell; Betel nut, paste13
Root vegetables and mushroomsVegetables and Vegetable Products (root and tuber vegetables, fungi)Onion bulb (yellow, white, red, etc.) (root & tuber vegetable); Tzahp choy (chinese canned sweet pickles made from mixed vegetables) (mixed vegetables); Tzahp choy (chinese canned sweet pickles made from mixed vegetables), with sauce13
SoupsSoupsMixed vegetable soup; Cereal grain soup, creamed; Chicken broth, plain (meat and/or vegetable stock)12
SeafoodFishery/Seafood ProductsSalmon (humpback, silver, king, sockeye, etc.); Haddock, cold smoked, fish; Salmon (humpback, silver, king sockeye, etc.), hot smoked, fish11
Sauces and prepared mealsMultiple Food Dinners, Gravies, Sauces, and SpecialtiesMultiple food specialities, side dishes and desserts, n.e.c.; Curry sauce; Gravies mixed with vegetables, etc. (onion, mushroom, etc.)10
Snack foodsSnack Food ItemsSnack foods not elsewhere mentioned, n.e.c.; Baked snack food, n.e.c.; Potato chips,fried7
Milk and butterMilk, Butter, and Dried Milk ProductsWhey (dried; Whey protein concentrate; Fluid/dry milk products not elsewhere mentioned, n.e.c.6
Imitation milkFilled Milk and Imitation Milk ProductsFilled or imitation milk or milk type products not elsewhere mentioned, n.e.c.; Imitation milk or milk type product, n.e.c.6
Food additives (flavors and colors)Food Additives for Human Use (flavors, colors, leavening and other agents)Color adjuncts (food additives for human use)5
Coffee and teaCoffee and TeaCoffee, instant; Tea, black4
Noodles and pastaMacaroni and Noodle ProductsNoodles and noodle products, n.e.c.; Spaghetti; Vegetable macaroni products3
Meat and poultryMeat, Meat Products, and PoultryCombination prepared meat products, n.e.c.3
Beverage basesBeverage BasesBeverage base not mentioned elsewhere, n.e.c.; Fruit beverage bases, liquid, n.e.c.3
SweetenersFood Sweeteners (Nutritive)Cane sugar (sucrose); Honey; Sugar syrup, beet and cane (liquid sucrose, simple syrup)3
Vegetable oilsVegetable Oils (Includes Olive Oil)Mustard oil, refined, single ingredient, see 28o for mustard oil as a flavoring; Virgin olive oil, crude2
Color additivesColor Additives for Foods, Drugs, and CosmeticsCert. colors for use in cosmetics only, n.e.c.; Colors for food use (not certified), n.e.c.2
Ice creamIce Cream and Related ProductsCustard, n.e.c.1
Vine and other fruitFruit and Fruit Products (vine and other fruits)Other fruit and fruit products, dried and paste, n.e.c.1
Alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic BeveragesBeer or lager1
Animal feed byproductsByproducts for Animal FeedsCane molasses veg byprod1

Most refused products from United Kingdom

FDA's product descriptions on the refused lines, grouped case-insensitively.
Most refused products from United Kingdom
ProductLinesShare
Vitamin, mineral, proteins and unconventional dietary specialities for humans and animals, n.e.c.20517.2%
Candy specialties, n.e.c. (without chocolate)484.0%
Soft candy without nuts and fruit, n.e.c. (without chocolate)423.5%
Candy without chocolate n.e.c.393.3%
Chocolate candy bar, without nuts and fruit352.9%
Herbals & botanicals (not teas), n.e.c.342.8%
Milk base infant formula product (0-12 months), powder formula342.8%
Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c.262.2%
Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners262.2%
Jellied candy, soft (jelly beans, gum drops, etc.), without nuts and fruit (without chocolate)231.9%

FDA import alerts that list United Kingdom firms

17 alerts list at least one firm in United Kingdom: 123 firms on a red list, 123 firms on any list.
Import alerts listing firms in United Kingdom
AlertCoversRedGreen
45-02Foods with illegal or undeclared colors63
16-39Ready-to-eat seafood: Listeria monocytogenes18
99-39Imported foods that appear to be misbranded16
99-19Food products: Salmonella8
40-05Adulterated and misbranded infant formula6
99-08Processed human and animal foods: pesticides4
12-10Cheese: microbiological contamination3
99-37Low-acid canned/acidified foods without scheduled process3
34-02Confectionery with non-nutritive components2
99-45Foods that are or contain an unsafe food additive2
16-119Fish products from importer and processor combinations1
23-12Coconut: microbiological contamination1

The 12 alerts with the most listings. All alerts are on the import alerts page.

United Kingdom firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data (refusals, import alert listings and other events), not a ranking of quality.
United Kingdom firms with the most FDA records
FirmCityFDA records
Swizzels Matlow LimitedHigh Peak184
Kendal Nutricare Ltd.Kendal49
Parkacre LimitedGainsborough30
Rjf Farhi LtdLondon28
Nutrition Group PLC.Blackpool27
Premier Foods Ltd.Lifton25
HippHurst Grove20
Weetabix Ltd.Kettering17
Do Not AgeDerby17
Cadbury UK LimitedBirmingham16

Latest refusals from United Kingdom

The 20 most recent refused lines, each with its FDA source.
Latest FDA import refusals from United Kingdom
DateFirmProductCharges
Kendal Nutricare Ltd.Kendal, United KingdomMilk base infant formula product (0-12 months), powder formulaFALSESource
Swizzels Matlow LimitedHigh Peak, United KingdomBubble gum (without chocolate)UNSAFE COLSource
Empire Bespoke Foods LtdNortholt, United KingdomTamarind, dried or pasteFILTHYSource
Biocare LtdEngland, United KingdomFoods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetnersDIETARYLBLLACKS N/CNO ENGLISH+2Source
Biocare LtdEngland, United KingdomFoods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetnersDIETARYLBLLACKS N/CNO ENGLISH+2Source
Biocare LtdEngland, United KingdomFoods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetnersDIETARYLBLLACKS N/CNO ENGLISH+2Source
Biocare LtdEngland, United KingdomFoods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetnersDIETARYLBLLACKS N/CNO ENGLISH+2Source
Swizzels Matlow LimitedHigh Peak, United KingdomSoft candy without nuts and fruit, n.e.c. (without chocolate)UNSAFE COLSource
Swizzels Matlow LimitedHigh Peak, United KingdomChewing gum (without chocolate)UNSAFE COLSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomMixed fruit (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomMixed fruit (baby)NO PROCESSSource
Hipp UK Limited Hurst GroveReading, United KingdomVegetable soups and soup mix (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomMixed fruit (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomVegetable chicken dinner (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomMixed fruit pudding and custard (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomBeef spaghetti dinner (baby)NO PROCESSSource
HippHurst Grove, United KingdomVegetable soups and soup mix (baby)NO PROCESSSource
Kendal Nutricare Ltd.Kendal, United KingdomMilk base infant formula product (0-12 months), powder formulaFALSESource
Kendal Nutricare Ltd.Kendal, United KingdomMilk base infant formula product (0-12 months), powder formulaFALSESource
Kendal Nutricare Ltd.Kendal, United KingdomOther formula products, n.e.c., ready to feedFALSESource

Questions about FDA refusals from United Kingdom

How many United Kingdom shipments did FDA refuse in 2026?
FDA refused 166 shipment lines from United Kingdom in 2026 through October 15, 2026, compared with 202 in 2025 (a full year).
Why does FDA refuse food from United Kingdom?
FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For United Kingdom the most frequent are NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 507 lines), UNSAFE COL (color additive unsafe under section 721, 251 lines) and LACKS N/C (net quantity statement missing, 202 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line; it is not a finding about every firm in the country.
Which United Kingdom firms have the most FDA refusals?
In SupplierRadar's records the United Kingdom firms with the most FDA records (refusals, import alert listings and other events) are Swizzels Matlow Limited (High Peak) with 184 records, Kendal Nutricare Ltd. (Kendal) with 49 records and Parkacre Limited (Gainsborough) with 30 records. Each firm's page lists every record with its FDA source.
Which FDA import alerts list United Kingdom firms?
As of October 26, 2026, 17 FDA import alerts list at least one firm in United Kingdom. The alerts with the most United Kingdom listings are Import Alert 45-02 (63 firms), Import Alert 16-39 (18 firms) and Import Alert 99-39 (16 firms).
How many United Kingdom firms are on an FDA import alert red list?
As of October 26, 2026, 123 United Kingdom firms are on the red list of at least one FDA import alert in SupplierRadar's records, and 123 firms are on any list.

All United Kingdom suppliers with FDA records (165)

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