Italy — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Italy received 13 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and supplement labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Italy, 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 Italy
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 14 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 14 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (11); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (2); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, April, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (9), not in English (7), supplement labeling (5).
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 14 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 0 | — | — | — |
"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
- AEK-9687889-5 VITAMIN D2 (CALCIFEROL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-4458562-2 BIOTIN (VITAMIN H, COENZYME R) Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7371490-7 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- 8YV-5002715-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnutrition labeling
- 799-7491288-4 MINERAL N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- 322-5106802-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-5869790-3 OMEGA-3 (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. supplement labelingno contact informationlabeling
- 799-3173833-1 VITAMIN D2 (CALCIFEROL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- B8P-0327438-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingnot in Englishno contact information+2 more
- 322-5171015-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishno standard nameno contact information+2 more
- 799-1982426-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 322-5092945-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingnot in Englishno contact information+3 more
- SCS-1885362-6 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. dietary supplement violationno net quantitynot in English
- AEK-4343496-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabeling
- 799-3846255-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registerednot in English
- AEK-0273689-8 VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-6701020-9 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. no process filing
- SCS-4210527-2 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- BPQ-1107576-4 BILBERRY (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- 799-4703716-2 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishno standard name
Data and downloads
Download all 21 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 2026-10-08. To get new ones for Italy by email, watch Italy.
Italy country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →