Portugal — Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements
Portugal received 18 FDA import refusals in Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 8 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label, no net quantity, and labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Portugal, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import dietary conventional foods and meal replacements from Portugal
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 18 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 17 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (18).
- Riskiest months
- May, April, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (13), labeling (2), no net quantity (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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-9882313-9 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0147370-0 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0399662-5 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. supplement labeling
- AEK-0203735-5 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0399752-4 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0241566-8 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0122200-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0122192-7 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0073948-1 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-9135565-9 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-9149681-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-8494221-6 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedlabel not conspicuouscolor not declaredno manufacturer name+2 more
- AEK-7627860-3 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-7540248-5 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-8550548-3 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labeling
- AEK-8416943-0 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-8407473-9 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-0164654-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. no net quantitynot in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- AEK-1088695-8 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. not in English
Data and downloads
Download all 19 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 2026-09-22. To get new ones for Portugal by email, watch Portugal.
Portugal country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →