Dominican Republic — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties
Dominican Republic received 5 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is 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 Dominican Republic, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import vitamins, minerals, proteins and unconventional dietary specialties from Dominican Republic
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (4); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- May, October, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Paperwork to get right
- establishment not listed (3), foreign plant not registered (2), unauthorized health claim (2).
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-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 3 | — | — | establishment not listed |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 2 | — | — | unauthorized health claim |
"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
- EUV-0004642-7 VITAMIN A Import division DNEI. establishment not listedunauthorized health claim
- EUV-0004636-9 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DNEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registered
- EUV-0004551-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. supplement GMP failureno contact informationnutrition labeling
- SCS-9591551-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registerednot in Englishunapproved new drug
- EUV-0004115-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unauthorized health claimnot in English
- 799-1804600-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- SCS-4068132-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishno contact informationnutrition labeling
- AEK-8421813-7 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- EUV-0003596-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedunsafe color additivesupplement GMP failuredietary ingredient labeling+1 more
- 8VR-0019049-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unauthorized health claim
- SCS-5377821-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 8DT-0004119-5 VITAMIN A Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namelabelingunapproved new drug
- EUV-0003328-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. undeclared allergen
- ENM-0920192-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
Data and downloads
Download all 14 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 2026-06-28. To get new ones for Dominican Republic by email, watch Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →