Portugal — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Portugal received 12 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label, supplement labeling, and dietary ingredient labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Portugal, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Portugal
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 12 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 12 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (12).
- Riskiest months
- January, August, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (8), dietary ingredient labeling (1), supplement labeling (1).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-0526216-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0516526-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0132027-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labeling
- AEK-0203736-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. dietary ingredient labeling
- AEK-0153066-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0122203-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-9423809-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-9210097-1 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-7896634-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-9071473-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-7385086-7 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7084627-2 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DSEI. labeling
- BQB-0025512-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelinglabel not conspicuousnutrition labeling
- BQB-0025551-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. false or misleading label
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 2026-08-13. To get new ones for Portugal by email, watch Portugal.
Portugal country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →