Japan — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Japan received 9 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q4, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are supplement GMP failure, not in English, and ingredients not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Japan, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Japan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (5); DSEI — Southeast (3); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- supplement GMP failure (5), not in English (3), supplement labeling (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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- EPM-0196215-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement GMP failure
- 788-1925541-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSWI. supplement GMP failure
- 1FX-1733101-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingno manufacturer namenot in English+1 more
- 1FX-6605069-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-9341130-2 SENNA (HERBAL & BOTANICAL TEAS) Import division DSEI. unauthorized health claim
- 788-1902118-5 MINT (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS - IF TEA FORM SEE 31P) Import division DWCI. supplement GMP failure
- 788-1900296-1 MINT (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS - IF TEA FORM SEE 31P) Import division DWCI. supplement GMP failure
- EPM-0191390-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement GMP failure
- SCS-1799725-9 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-3142195-9 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 799-6840357-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 11 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 2026-09-29. To get new ones for Japan by email, watch Japan.
Japan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →