Germany — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements

Germany received 26 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 5 in 2025-Q4, with the trend falling 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 Germany, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 26 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 26 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
Where refusals happen: DSEI — Southeast (20); DNEI — Northeast (3); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2).
Riskiest months: January, October, February, by refusals since 2020.
Paperwork to get right: unapproved new drug (12), nutrition labeling (7), not in English (6).

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

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Paperwork
2024-Q1	2	2
2024-Q2	2	2
2024-Q3	2	2
2024-Q4	0	0
2025-Q1	2	2
2025-Q2	4	4
2025-Q3	2	2
2025-Q4	5	5
2026-Q1	2	2
2026-Q2	0	0
2026-Q3	4	4
2026-Q4	1	1

Recent refusals

AEK-2193637-1 2026-10-09 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-9847166-5 2026-09-23 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listed
AEK-9608089-8 2026-08-26 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. establishment not listednot in Englishforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
AEK-0791122-4 2026-07-17 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-8854744-2 2026-07-08 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. drug GMP failure
1FX-0407777-1 2026-03-27 OMEGA-3 (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
799-3526242-1 2026-02-18 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
SCS-2244237-6 2025-12-19 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
AEK-7872202-0 2025-11-10 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
AVB-1117015-2 2025-11-03 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
799-2623291-1 2025-10-31 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. label not conspicuousnot in Englishnutrition labeling
AEK-7761944-1 2025-10-14 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registered
799-0111934-9 2025-08-04 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-7303415-7 2025-07-11 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unapproved new drug
799-7142624-3 2025-05-27 PSYLLIUM (FIBER) Import division DSEI. not in English
AEK-8422302-1 2025-04-11 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-8233718-7 2025-04-03 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
SCS-7063249-6 2025-04-01 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingnutrition labeling
AQ1-7026431-4 2025-02-24 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
AEK-8091906-9 2025-01-29 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug

Data and downloads

Download all 37 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 →