South Africa — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties — Supplements
South Africa received 10 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins and Unconventional Dietary Specialties between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, ingredients not listed, and establishment not listed. 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
If you import supplements from South Africa
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (6); DSEI — Southeast (3); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- February, August, June, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unapproved animal drug (1), veterinary drug residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (7), foreign plant not registered (3), establishment not listed (3).
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- EQN-0048610-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listedno adequate directionsforeign plant not registeredunapproved animal drug+2 more
- 8B4-0011542-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- BNI-0140285-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- 9AG-0079345-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSWI. supplement labelingfalse or misleading labeldietary ingredient labelingnutrition labeling+2 more
- SCS-7873053-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-3402213-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- BNI-0127704-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. establishment not listedno adequate directionsforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- BNI-0126376-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-8929012-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no standard nameplant part not declared
- 799-8175957-4 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- SCS-8968599-7 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8907426-7 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DNBI. unsafe color additivecolor not declarednutrition labeling
- 799-2911944-4 VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-1867990-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-9185248-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedunapproved new drug
- SCS-9185209-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameunapproved new drug
- SCS-0206446-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameunapproved new drug
- SCS-9240629-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-9386042-8 MINERAL N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer namelabelingunapproved new drug
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 2026-08-05. 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 →