Australia — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements

Australia received 8 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are supplement GMP failure, unapproved new drug, and supplement labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Australia, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import supplements from Australia

Hazard or paperwork: Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
Where refusals happen: DSEI — Southeast (4); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (2); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
Riskiest months: March, July, August, by refusals since 2020.
Paperwork to get right: supplement GMP failure (4), nutrition labeling (2), color not declared (1).

FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.

Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Paperwork
2023-Q4	0	0
2024-Q1	0	0
2024-Q2	0	0
2024-Q3	0	0
2024-Q4	2	2
2025-Q1	0	0
2025-Q2	0	0
2025-Q3	0	0
2025-Q4	0	0
2026-Q1	1	1
2026-Q2	1	1
2026-Q3	4	4

Recent refusals

AEK-0869578-4 2026-08-11 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
AEK-0869582-6 2026-07-13 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
AEK-0869585-9 2026-07-13 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
WIB-1398479-7 2026-07-09 ZINC (MINERAL) Import division DSWI. drug GMP failure
NRN-0002417-5 2026-05-21 PROBIOTICS (VIT/MIN/PROTEIN/UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPEC FOR HUMAN/ANIMAL, N.E.C.) Import division DNBI. supplement GMP failure
267-1322457-9 2026-03-31 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unapproved new drug
799-4429480-1 2024-12-11 FIBER, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. color not declaredno contact informationnutrition labeling
336-5388787-3 2024-10-07 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednot to standard of identitynutrition labeling
F57-9615491-6 2023-03-31 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DNBI. supplement labelingunauthorized health claim
241-0312777-6 2023-03-14 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Siberian ginseng mislabeled
AEK-2868619-2 2023-02-23 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. false or misleading labelno contact informationnutrition labeling
AEK-2387759-8 2023-02-01 MILK THISTLE Import division DSEI. supplement labelingdietary supplement violationno net quantitylabeling
AEK-2387873-7 2022-12-07 MILK THISTLE Import division DSEI. supplement labelingno net quantitylabeling
AEK-1989926-7 2022-11-29 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingdietary supplement violation
SCS-4484496-0 2022-11-14 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
AEK-9884591-7 2021-10-25 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
AEK-9623430-4 2021-09-02 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
SCS-1426429-7 2020-08-19 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
SCS-1320006-0 2020-08-17 MECOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
799-8090829-5 2020-08-03 FOLIC ACID (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug

Data and downloads

Download all 22 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.

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Australia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →