Turkey — Confectionery
Turkey received 9 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Confectionery between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 3 in 2023-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are sildenafil, colour E 171 - titanium dioxide, and colour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A. The list below gives each of these 12 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 5 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import confectionery from Turkey
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 50%; held, final fate not recorded 33%; re-dispatched 17%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Ireland (3), Croatia (1), Germany (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, February, August, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- colour E 171 - titanium dioxide unauthorised use (1), sildenafil (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1219 Unauthorised additive titanium dioxide in the jelly sweets from Turkey via UK Notified by Ireland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10257 Unauthorised Titanium Dioxide in confectionary products Notified by Ireland. Destroyed.
- 2025.9398 Unauthorised titanium dioxide colour in confectionary product//Colorante dióxido de titanio no autorizado en productos de confitería procedentes de Turquía Notified by Ireland.
- 2025.2112 Sildenafil in chocolate from Turkey Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 2780,00. sildenafil
- 2025.1395 Unauthorised food additive E107 in the product Rachatlukum with lemon juice from Turkey //Stwierdzenie niedozwolonego dodatku do żywności - E107 w produkcie pn. Rachatłukum z sokiem z cytryny, pochodzącym z Turcji Notified by Poland.
- 2024.2484 Titanium dioxide in chewing gum from Turkey Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1,18. colour E 171 - titanium dioxide
- 2023.6094 High content of E155 (brown HT) in caramel cream filling from Türkiye Notified by Greece.
- 2023.5254 Unauthorised use of titanium dioxide (E171) in confectionery from Türkiye Notified by Greece.
- 2023.5247 High content of E 124 (Ponceau 4R, Cochinal Red A) in candies from Turkey Notified by Greece. Result 33.9 (limit 20 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A
- 2023.1454 Aflatoxin B1 in Halva from Türkiye Notified by Finland. Result 15 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2021.6656 High content of E 124 (Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A) and insufficient labelling in lollipops from Turkey Notified by Greece. Result 77.5 (limit 20 mg/kg - ppm). E124 - Ponceau 4R/cochineal red Alabelling
- 2020.1480 CHOCOLATE-LIKE PRODUCT WITH COLORED DRYINGS IN THE CENTER OF AN EGG SHAPE PN. BON BON - DYE ERYTROZYNA E 127 Notified by Poland. Destroyed. Erythrosine E127
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 49 notifications since 2020 concerned confectionery from Turkey found after entering the EU — 23 alerts, 26 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 69%, consumer complaint or illness 12%, company's own check 10%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%, other 2%, at the EU border 2%. 20 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.7352 info: follow-upNovel food Senna alexandrina Mill. in confectionery from Türkiye, via Germany Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. novel food ingredient
- 2025.8130 info: follow-up3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) in confectionery from Turkey, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 611 und 615 (limit 1250 µg/kg - ppb). 3-monochlor-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD)
- 2025.7568 alertforeign object: metal wire in a chocolate bar, from Turkiye via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2025.7484 info: attentionIncorrect labeling allergen in confectionary from Turkey Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2025.6766 info: follow-upHigh content of enterobacteria and mould, detection of Escherichia coli and undeclared colouring agent tartrazine (E 102) in chocolate from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result >1,5*10⁴ (obere BG). EnterobacteriaceaeEscherichia colicolour E 102 - tartrazine
- 2025.6487 alert3-MCPD fatty acid esters and glycidyl fatty acid esters in sweets from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. glycidyl esters
- 2025.6220 info: attentionUndeclared allergens (peanut, cashew nut) in chocolate from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.5225 info: attentionSalmonella in halva from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result Stwierdzenie obecności bakterii Salmonella w produkcie (limit niewykryte /25g). SalmonellaSalmonella spp
- 2025.4386 info: follow-upToo high content of Ponceau 4R in Turkish dessert via Germany Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 140 +/- 20 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A
- 2025.3976 info: attentionAllergen sulfite not labeled/incorrectly labeled in mixed nuts and dried fruits from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1097,5 ± 219,5. E220- sulfur dioxide
Data and downloads
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