India — Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements
India received 64 FDA import refusals in Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 14 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, unsafe color additive, and supplement GMP failure. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from India, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import dietary conventional foods and meal replacements from India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 64 refusals in the last 3 years, 16 were hazard findings and 48 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (56); DNEI — Northeast (6); DWCI — West Coast (2).
- Riskiest months
- June, December, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (15), undeclared allergen (1), filth (1), unsafe food additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (36), supplement GMP failure (13), false or misleading label (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Recent refusals
- 1FX-3747004-5 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2075273-8 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- AEK-9852351-5 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- KM6-3675831-0 FOODS (INCLUDING WATER) WITH EXCESSIVE NUTRITIONAL CLAIMS Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno net quantityno common namenutrition labeling
- 1FX-5884664-3 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9067665-9 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-6922781-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousnutrition labeling
- 1FX-6454957-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- 1FX-2126082-2 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- 1FX-0748200-2 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-6590129-6 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- AEK-9073002-7 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-7328302-5 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- SCS-7456863-0 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- SCS-7449814-3 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- SCS-7895420-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additiveunapproved new drug
- SCS-6650858-6 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8300729-9 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8511355-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8032134-7 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declaredunapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 87 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 2026-09-30. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →