Philippines — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements
Philippines received 6 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, unapproved new drug, and ingredients not listed. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Philippines, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import supplements from Philippines
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 6 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 4 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (4); DNEI — Northeast (1); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Test for before shipping
- unapproved animal drug (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- no manufacturer name (2), ingredients not listed (2), establishment not listed (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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-9615329-9 VITAMIN A Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved animal drug
- AEK-9456985-0 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved animal drug
- AEK-8345466-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuousno manufacturer nameno contact information+1 more
- AEK-7507398-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- 8MN-0014822-0 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- 799-3266481-7 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-9626204-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 799-4441432-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingno contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- 799-5270174-5 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labelingingredients not listed
- SCS-1242531-2 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8109731-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading labelunapproved 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 2026-08-28. To get new ones for Philippines by email, watch Philippines.
Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →