Canada — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements
Canada received 120 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 26 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are supplement labeling, nutrition labeling, and unapproved new drug. 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 supplements from Canada
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 160 refusals in the last 3 years, 97 were hazard findings and 63 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (145); DSEI — Southeast (13); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- June, December, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (86), undeclared allergen (2), insanitary handling (2), new dietary ingredient (2), unsafe color additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- forbidden substance (26), unapproved new drug (22), nutrition labeling (20).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 26 | 22 | 4 |
| 2024-Q3 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024-Q4 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025-Q1 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 442-8673499-9 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND EXTRACTS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelinglabelingunauthorized health claimnutrition labeling+2 more
- AEK-2108796-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- DS9-2513624-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingnutrition labeling
- 231-7746411-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. no manufacturer name
- MFT-2762612-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. insanitary handling
- SCS-0137906-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- 9DH-0080514-8 PSYLLIUM (FIBER) Import division DNBI. establishment not listedno adequate directionsforeign plant not registeredlabeling
- SCS-8803433-0 ZINC (MINERAL) Import division DNBI. supplement labelingnutrition labeling
- 9DH-0078343-6 PROTEIN N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingfalse or misleading labellabelingnutrition labeling
- EI5-5627416-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingno contact informationnutrition labelingunauthorized health claim
- AEK-9320284-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registered
- 799-2386731-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- AEK-9378793-3 HYDROXOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 8QV-0065443-4 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DNBI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registered
- SCS-8527877-3 VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN) Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- SCS-8985196-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelno manufacturer namenot in English+2 more
- SCS-4842380-5 BOVINE (COW, ETC.) (ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND EXTRACTS) Import division DNBI. BSE-related filth
- SCS-4357093-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingdietary ingredient labelingno contact informationnutrition labeling+1 more
- EI5-2481301-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- 551-2298664-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unauthorized health claimunapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 250 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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