India — Color Additives for Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics
India received 8 FDA import refusals in Color Additives for Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unsafe color additive, unsafe cosmetic color, and unapproved new drug. 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 color additives for foods, drugs, and cosmetics from India
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (5); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- September, March, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe color additive (5), unsafe cosmetic color (2), pesticide residue (1), unsafe food additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (1), unapproved new drug (1).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 1FX-1754485-0 HENNA Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- H67-1698674-9 HENNA Import division DNEI. unsafe color additive
- 799-1065074-8 HENNA Import division DSEI. unsafe cosmetic color
- 799-4409123-1 HENNA Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 799-3735301-0 HENNA Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-3071535-5 HENNA Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 9AJ-0861765-4 HENNA Import division DNEI. no manufacturer nameunsafe color additivepesticide residueunsafe food additive
- KM6-3633474-0 HENNA Import division DNEI. unsafe cosmetic colorcosmetic packaging and labeling
- 9PM-4117320-6 HENNA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- EKU-0871720-7 TURMERIC Import division DWCI. poisonous or deleterious substanceunapproved new drug
- WPK-0179799-9 FRUIT JUICE Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
- 016-0042791-7 HENNA Import division DNBI. unsafe color additive
- SCS-6685064-8 HENNA Import division DSEI. unsafe cosmetic color
Data and downloads
Download all 13 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 2026-09-08. To get new ones for India by email, watch India.
India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →