South Africa — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties — Herbals-Botanicals
South Africa received 4 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties between 2022-Q3 and 2025-Q2. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, supplement labeling, and unauthorized health claim. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from South Africa, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of these, 0 were hazard refusals and 4 were paperwork refusals.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- SCS-9887090-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-0037918-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labeling
- AEK-4805068-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unauthorized health claim
- 799-7873239-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- SCS-4876410-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9044163-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. new dietary ingredientunapproved new drug
- BXX-0989889-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 7 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 2025-05-08. To get new ones for South Africa by email, watch South Africa.
South Africa country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →