Guatemala — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Guatemala received 83 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 22 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Guatemala, 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 Guatemala
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 83 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 83 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (83).
- Riskiest months
- September, July, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (71), not in English (13), establishment not listed (8).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025-Q4 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-Q1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 80 | — | — | 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
- 1FX-6375016-1 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. labelingunauthorized health claim
- 1FX-8217426-0 MECOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-6292434-6 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. labeling
- 1FX-4166735-4 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-1166477-9 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in English
- 1FX-1768517-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 1FX-3177504-3 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-9626498-9 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9671096-5 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2008872-9 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2008902-4 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-6202563-0 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- AEK-0874363-4 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-5448739-2 VITAMIN K (PHYTONADIONE) Import division DSEI. establishment not listed
- 1FX-5271248-6 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. establishment not listednot in Englishforeign plant not registered
- AEK-0896442-0 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-0676270-1 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-6292500-3 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-0799077-2 VITAMIN A Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- 9J4-0004335-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingunapproved new drugno manufacturer name+1 more
Data and downloads
Download all 91 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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Guatemala country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →