China — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
China received 91 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 14 in 2026-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, no manufacturer name, and Siberian ginseng mislabeled. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 94 refusals in the last 3 years, 30 were hazard findings and 64 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (47); DWCI — West Coast (35); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (5).
- Riskiest months
- March, September, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (9), poisonous or deleterious substance (6), pesticide residue (4), unsafe food additive (3), filth (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (27), no manufacturer name (22), ingredients not listed (15).
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 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024-Q2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-Q3 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025-Q4 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 70 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 24 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- EI5-0601606-9 GINSENG UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITY FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS Import division DWCI. Siberian ginseng mislabeled
- 8NP-0813743-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- EBD-0834070-2 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DWCI. Siberian ginseng mislabeled
- AEK-0890916-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingno manufacturer namelabeling+1 more
- EPS-2159975-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. establishment not listednot in Englishunapproved new drug
- 9BM-0177074-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- W69-5216310-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. no adequate directionsunsafe food additivepoisonous or deleterious substanceunapproved new drug
- 8P5-0095626-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- AEK-9632794-3 HYDROXOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. drug GMP failure
- W69-5221285-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-1350071-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameno contact informationnutrition labeling
- 1FX-5061069-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer name
- 300-3744048-7 PROTEIN N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- INL-1254517-1 GINSENG UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITY FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS Import division DWCI. supplement labelingSiberian ginseng mislabeleddietary ingredient labelingno contact information
- N3D-0075051-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- AEK-0734831-0 MECOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- AEK-0576023-5 NICOTINAMIDE (NIACINAMIDE) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-0359040-2 PROTEIN N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe food additive
- AEK-0220503-6 PROTEIN N.E.C. Import division DSEI. pesticide residue
- AEK-0116247-7 COPPER (MINERAL) Import division DSEI. label not conspicuousunapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 191 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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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →