Japan — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Japan received 24 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-Q4, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are not in English, supplement GMP failure, and supplement labeling. 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 vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from Japan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 24 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 22 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (12); DSEI — Southeast (11); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- September, November, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (11), supplement labeling (5), supplement GMP failure (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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 15 | — | — | not in English |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 9 | — | — | supplement GMP failure |
"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
- 1FX-3654157-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishnutrition labeling
- 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-9663387-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement labelingno manufacturer nameundeclared allergendietary ingredient labeling+1 more
- 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
- 799-2544642-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno common nameundeclared allergenno food-canning registration+1 more
- 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
- 799-3394758-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. not in English
- 799-7848666-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- 799-4834229-1 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement labelinglabel not conspicuousdietary ingredient labeling
- 799-5231433-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. not in Englishno contact information
- 799-4519598-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 799-4049540-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabeling
- 799-3882010-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 799-4201698-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. label not conspicuous
- 799-3107139-4 NIACIN (NICOTINIC ACID) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 44 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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