�Detention Without Physical Examination of ***Mini-cup Gel and Jelly Candies of Firm Consistency that Present Risk of Choking***�

Why FDA issued it

The revision to this import alert dated 05/22/2025 updates the name of the import alert, subtype to firm alert, reason for alert, guidance section, agency contacts, product description, and charge section. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***). ***In 2001 FDA issued a warning about the danger of choking caused by konjac candy, following several choking deaths as well as near-deaths from choking among children and elderly people who consumed candies described as "mini-cup gel and jelly products," "mini fruity gels," and other similar names. These candies contain the ingredient konjac (also called conjac, konnyaku, yam flour, or glucomannan) and were typically packaged in cups as individual, mouth-sized servings, often featuring an embedded piece of preserved fruit. Although the contents look like gelatin products commonly found in the U.S., e.g. "jello," these small cup-like products m

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 33-15, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.