South Korea — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
South Korea received 27 FDA import refusals in Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2024-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, not in English, and nutrition 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 vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from South Korea
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 27 refusals in the last 3 years, 10 were hazard findings and 17 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (12); DWCI — West Coast (11); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- January, February, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- undeclared allergen (6), insanitary conditions (1), pesticide residue (1), unsafe food additive (1), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no contact information (8), nutrition labeling (8), unapproved new drug (8).
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 15 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 12 | — | — | undeclared allergen |
"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
- AEK-0969505-6 GINSENG (HERBAL & BOTANICAL TEAS) Import division DSEI. no contact information
- AEK-7956220-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9592311-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- 1FX-0428687-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-5872516-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- B7S-2601307-9 MINERAL N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listednutrition labelingunauthorized health claimunapproved new drug
- NQA-0001873-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingno manufacturer namenot in English+6 more
- AEK-0005337-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. labelingnutrition labelingunauthorized health claim
- 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
- 9G5-3020267-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. supplement labelingnutrition labelingnot in English
- AN1-0641929-2 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND EXTRACTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- 799-2801646-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 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
- AEK-7629314-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 9LX-0023192-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. insanitary conditions
- MR5-2060319-9 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedundeclared allergen
- AEK-4860291-4 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND EXTRACTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishlabeling
- MR5-2059632-8 MILK THISTLE (HERBAL & BOTANICAL OTHER THAN TEAS) Import division DWCI. false or misleading labelundeclared allergen
Data and downloads
Download all 54 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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South Korea country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →