Mexico — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Mexico received 45 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 8 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are not in English, unapproved new drug, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Mexico, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Mexico
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 46 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 41 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (35); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (11).
- Riskiest months
- January, November, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary handling (4), insanitary plant (2), E. coli O157:H7 (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (20), unapproved new drug (19), nutrition labeling (11).
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 918-5456115-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSWI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
- 1FX-6014920-0 GINKGO BILOBA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registerednot in English
- AEK-0768106-6 GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-4340553-8 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failure
- 918-5423622-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSWI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingplant part not declared
- 799-2459113-0 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9519620-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-1387111-2 GINSENG UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITY FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS Import division DSEI. not in Englishno contact informationnutrition labeling
- SCS-2932365-2 GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. supplement GMP failureunapproved new drug
- EL3-0073581-7 PLANTAIN (E.G., WEED), (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSWI. not in Englishlabeling
- AEK-7878855-9 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- 799-9574426-6 GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-2653909-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- AEK-7329740-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishno contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- SCS-0965750-8 TURMERIC (HERBAL & BOTANICALS II) Import division DSEI. label not conspicuousnot in Englishnutrition labeling
- SCS-0247702-9 ALOE (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-8460285-1 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- SCS-0647862-7 TURMERIC (HERBAL & BOTANICALS II) Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-0181492-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- SCS-9785641-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno net quantitydietary ingredient labelinglabeling
Data and downloads
Download all 100 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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Mexico country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →