India — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals

India received 188 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 33 in 2026-Q3, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, Salmonella, and establishment not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from India, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

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Hazard or paperwork: Of 192 refusals in the last 3 years, 47 were hazard findings and 145 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
Where refusals happen: DSEI — Southeast (128); DNEI — Northeast (45); DWCI — West Coast (9).
Riskiest months: July, September, March, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: Salmonella (16), unsafe food additive (9), unsafe color additive (9), poisonous or deleterious substance (5), insanitary handling (3).
Paperwork to get right: unapproved new drug (139), nutrition labeling (19), ingredients not listed (13).

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	Hazard	Paperwork
2024-Q1	15	5	10
2024-Q2	13	3	10
2024-Q3	12	2	10
2024-Q4	12	3	9
2025-Q1	18	3	15
2025-Q2	15	3	12
2025-Q3	19	4	15
2025-Q4	13	3	10
2026-Q1	18	3	15
2026-Q2	11	4	7
2026-Q3	33	11	22
2026-Q4	9	1	8

Recent refusals

1FX-5649391-0 2026-10-21 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
FY4-0124128-3 2026-10-21 MORINGA OLEIFERA (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, (CONTINUED) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
AEK-9852396-0 2026-10-21 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-9342133-8 2026-10-20 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-7691795-5 2026-10-19 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-9603625-4 2026-10-08 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
KM6-3685330-1 2026-10-07 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-6668149-6 2026-10-06 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
1FX-5943542-1 2026-10-02 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AVV-4672301-7 2026-09-28 MORINGA OLEIFERA (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, (CONTINUED) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
1FX-4852481-4 2026-09-24 GINKGO BILOBA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
9KJ-0011500-2 2026-09-23 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. refused establishment inspection
1FX-0463743-6 2026-09-22 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
788-1931281-6 2026-09-21 MORINGA OLEIFERA (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS II) CONTD Import division DNEI. Salmonella
AEK-0660204-8 2026-09-19 MORINGA OLEIFERA (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS II) CONTD Import division DSEI. Salmonella
AEK-9693655-2 2026-09-18 TRIBULUS (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-2012048-0 2026-09-18 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-7141992-3 2026-09-09 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
1FX-3293454-0 2026-09-08 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
AEK-0841834-4 2026-09-08 MACA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. insanitary handling

Data and downloads

Download all 360 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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India country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →