South Korea — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
South Korea 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 5 in 2024-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no contact information, undeclared allergen, and supplement labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from South Korea, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from South Korea
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 12 refusals in the last 3 years, 7 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (7); DSEI — Southeast (4); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, February, September, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (6), pesticide residue (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no contact information (6), supplement labeling (4), label not conspicuous (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 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-0969505-6 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICAL TEAS) Import division DSEI. no contact information
- 9GH-0038065-7 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
- ASW-0167533-8 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- SCS-4573219-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7487890-9 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labeling
- MR5-2060319-9 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergen
- MR5-2059632-8 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. false or misleading labelundeclared allergen
- MR5-2059474-5 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. supplement labelinglabel not conspicuousundeclared allergenno contact information+1 more
- MR5-2059725-0 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. supplement labelinglabel not conspicuousundeclared allergenno contact information
- MR5-2059727-6 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. not in Englishundeclared allergen
- MR5-2059218-6 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. supplement labelingnot in Englishundeclared allergenno contact information
- MR5-2058639-4 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. supplement labelinglabel not conspicuousno contact information
- 597-0202463-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement labelingnot in Englishlabelingdietary ingredient labeling
- 799-3765771-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- N8X-0104359-6 BEEBALM (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSWI. labelingnutrition labeling
- 799-9588045-6 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- N8N-2108090-1 GINSENG UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITY FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS Import division DWCI. establishment not listedforeign plant not registerednot in Englishunapproved new drug
- AEK-9597903-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingno manufacturer namenot in Englishno contact information+1 more
- 9GK-0079826-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveunapproved new drug
- GJ8-0190018-5 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DWCI. no food-canning registrationno process filing
Data and downloads
Download all 24 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 South Korea by email, watch South Korea.
South Korea country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →