Philippines — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Philippines received 9 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nutrition labeling, unapproved new drug, and no contact information. 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 vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from Philippines
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (6); DWCI — West Coast (2); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- September, January, August, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unapproved animal drug (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- nutrition labeling (4), unapproved new drug (3), no manufacturer name (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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 6 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 3 | — | — | nutrition labeling |
"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-2265148-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 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
- AEK-8481338-3 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 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-1025954-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. false or misleading labelno contact informationnutrition labeling
- 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
- AEK-8674771-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-7972962-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- AEK-7973095-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading labelnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- 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 17 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 2026-09-30. To get new ones for Philippines by email, watch Philippines.
Philippines country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →