Portugal — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Portugal received 116 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 25 in 2026-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are false or misleading label, unapproved new drug, and insanitary handling. 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 vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from Portugal
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 116 refusals in the last 3 years, 3 were hazard findings and 113 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (81); DWCI — West Coast (26); DNEI — Northeast (9).
- Riskiest months
- January, February, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (2), insanitary handling (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- false or misleading label (95), unapproved new drug (8), labeling (5).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025-Q1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025-Q2 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025-Q3 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2025-Q4 | 15 | 2 | 13 |
| 2026-Q1 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-Q2 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 104 | — | — | false or misleading label |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 12 | — | — | false or misleading label |
"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
- SCS-8325730-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-5201164-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 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-0780301-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0399744-1 CHOLINE (MINERAL) Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- E4W-0038338-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. insanitary handling
- AEK-0203733-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0399739-1 CHOLINE (MINERAL) 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-0153076-4 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0147330-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0399732-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0189200-8 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0153066-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0177310-9 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. labeling
- AEK-0122188-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0138447-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. false or misleading label
- AEK-0122203-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. false or misleading label
Data and downloads
Download all 122 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 2026-10-20. To get new ones for Portugal by email, watch Portugal.
Portugal country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →