Nigeria — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Nigeria received 15 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, establishment not listed, and foreign plant not registered. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Nigeria, 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 Nigeria
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 15 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 14 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (8); DNEI — Northeast (4); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (2).
- Riskiest months
- May, September, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (12), establishment not listed (4), foreign plant not registered (3).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 8 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 7 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
"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-9770595-6 MORINGA OLEIFERA (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS II) CONTD Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9421153-7 FOLIC ACID (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7535894-3 IRON (MINERAL) Import division DNEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- AEK-7229567-6 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-8523628-7 GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 8B4-0009468-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. labelingnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-5927335-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- BNI-0132180-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingunauthorized health claim
- K76-1263515-4 ROSELLE (HERBAL & BOTANICALS II) Import division DSWI. filth
- AEK-5676697-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingno manufacturer namedietary ingredient labeling+2 more
- 9RN-1212520-6 ARISTOLOCHIA (FANGCHI), (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEA) Import division DNEI. establishment not listedingredients not listedno adequate directionsno net quantity+4 more
- 799-1087409-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- 799-1177343-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- 799-1236989-0 OMEGA-3 (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-5116748-2 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8916140-3 EPHEDRA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DWCI. ephedrine alkaloids
- AEK-2417246-0 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2358372-5 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-5296952-4 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- EVL-0369358-8 ROSELLE (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
Data and downloads
Download all 25 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 2026-09-03. To get new ones for Nigeria by email, watch Nigeria.
Nigeria country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →