Germany — Baby (Infant and Junior) Food Products
Germany received 61 FDA import refusals in Baby (Infant and Junior) Food Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 11 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label, not in English, and no net quantity. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Germany, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import baby (infant and junior) food products from Germany
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 64 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 62 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (43); DNEI — Northeast (10); DWCI — West Coast (10).
- Riskiest months
- February, May, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (1), insanitary conditions (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (35), false or misleading label (25), no net quantity (22).
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 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-Q1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-Q2 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 1FX-6002544-2 GOAT MILK INFANT BASED FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelno net quantity
- 551-2760150-5 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DNBI. insanitary conditions
- 1FX-0510425-2 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. no premarket notificationfalse or misleading labelnot in English
- 1FX-6075268-9 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DNEI. label not conspicuousno net quantity
- 1FX-6434775-9 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DNEI. label not conspicuousno net quantity
- 1FX-2772482-2 VEGETABLES, N.E.C. (BABY) Import division DWCI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 1FX-4646546-3 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling defectnutrition units incorrect
- 1FX-6715369-1 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. no premarket notificationnot in Englishnutrition labeling
- 1FX-4647092-7 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in English
- 1FX-1341743-0 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in English
- 799-8771133-3 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. labeling
- 799-7532441-2 OTHER FORMULA PRODUCTS, N.E.C., READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. labeling
- 799-7289481-3 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 1FX-4556935-6 WHEY BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. false or misleading labelnot in English
- SCS-5934025-2 OTHER FORMULA PRODUCTS, N.E.C., READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- 799-3531442-0 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- SCS-4501974-7 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. no premarket notificationlabel not conspicuousnot in English
- 799-8566012-8 OTHER FORMULA PRODUCTS, N.E.C., READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. no premarket notificationfalse or misleading label
- 799-9973381-2 MILK BASE INFANT FORMULA PRODUCT (0-12 MONTHS), POWDER FORMULA Import division DSEI. no premarket notificationfalse or misleading label
- 799-8713609-3 OTHER FORMULA PRODUCTS, N.E.C., READY TO FEED Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
Data and downloads
Download all 77 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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Germany country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →