Pakistan — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Pakistan received 10 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, ingredients not listed, and supplement labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Pakistan, 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 Pakistan
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 8 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (7); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- February, March, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- insanitary handling (1), insanitary plant (1), Salmonella (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (7), supplement labeling (2), labeling (2).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbals-Botanicals | 8 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Supplements | 2 | — | — | 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
- KM6-1640199-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listednot in Englishsupplement labelingno manufacturer name+2 more
- KM6-3672956-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- AEK-9436967-3 VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE) Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- KM6-1632598-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- KM6-1624932-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-8502279-4 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- KM6-1624149-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingunapproved new drug
- KM6-1625573-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- WD8-0075347-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedfalse or misleading labelinsanitary plantno manufacturer name+5 more
- KM6-3615223-3 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- 8P5-0009161-3 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. ephedrine alkaloidsunapproved new drug
- KM6-3558565-6 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. unauthorized health claim
- KM6-3548860-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 574-0353012-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 14 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 2026-08-28. To get new ones for Pakistan by email, watch Pakistan.
Pakistan country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →