Canada — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Canada received 26 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, nutrition labeling, and supplement GMP failure. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Canada, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Canada
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 25 refusals in the last 3 years, 3 were hazard findings and 22 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (13); DWCI — West Coast (6); DSEI — Southeast (5).
- Riskiest months
- February, July, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (2), insanitary plant (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (10), nutrition labeling (5), supplement labeling (3).
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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 1FX-5695096-7 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 004-1739133-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- SCS-7227392-9 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
- D77-3002685-4 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. label not conspicuous
- SCS-5376057-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- SCS-5857269-9 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-7843407-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-5395700-2 ECHINACEA, HERBAL & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-8875098-1 ECHINACEA, HERBAL & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-0301747-7 ARNICA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registered
- SQ4-0552167-6 BILBERRY (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. supplement GMP failureunapproved new drug
- EPW-0026220-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. no adequate directionsunapproved new drug
- 408-0086463-6 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. supplement GMP failureno contact informationnutrition labeling
- SCS-7748026-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantityno common name+1 more
- 799-5542581-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listed
- SCS-7189366-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-7695297-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. dietary ingredient defect
- SCS-7497128-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. establishment not listed
- SCS-7234238-3 GINSENG UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITY FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS Import division DNBI. supplement labelingfalse or misleading labelno contact informationnutrition labeling
- 799-4581965-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unapproved new drugsupplement labelingno manufacturer namenutrition labeling+1 more
Data and downloads
Download all 59 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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Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →