Colombia — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Colombia received 34 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 7 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and establishment not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Colombia, 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 Colombia
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 34 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 33 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (34).
- Riskiest months
- July, June, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (22), not in English (12), establishment not listed (5).
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 31 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 3 | — | — | 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
- AEK-2234055-7 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-5647367-2 VITAMIN A Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-4473812-9 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. color not declared
- 1FX-0971587-2 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-0980996-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-0766811-3 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listednot in Englishforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- 1FX-5591651-4 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-0766814-7 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-1136929-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishundeclared allergennutrition labeling
- 1FX-2196121-4 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabel not conspicuous
- AEK-0397657-7 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-7529532-3 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. not in English
- 799-6905946-1 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listednot in Englishforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- 799-5121984-2 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in English
- 799-2464271-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-7663312-0 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7589024-2 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- BTQ-0629774-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingunauthorized health claim
- AEK-7261237-5 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-8498261-8 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 60 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-21. To get new ones for Colombia by email, watch Colombia.
Colombia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →