Spain — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements
Spain received 17 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, nutrition labeling, and not in English. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Spain, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import supplements from Spain
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 17 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 14 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (13); DNEI — Northeast (2); DWCI — West Coast (2).
- Riskiest months
- January, February, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe food additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (10), nutrition labeling (5), no contact information (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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 1FX-3065020-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labeling
- 1FX-9309745-8 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. charge 9999978 (not in FDA's published charge table)charge 9999979 (not in FDA's published charge table)charge 9999982 (not in FDA's published charge table)charge 9999985 (not in FDA's published charge table)
- 1FX-0147467-5 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-5188259-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishlabelingnutrition labeling
- 1FX-7055027-1 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- BNI-0141603-9 VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN) Import division DNEI. labelingnutrition labelingunauthorized health claimcolor not declared+2 more
- 799-2798822-6 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-6753185-9 FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-7538509-0 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-2486923-6 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 86V-3524909-7 VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROL) Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- SCS-8045929-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-3499688-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishdietary ingredient labelingno contact information+1 more
- 9K9-1023190-8 SOY LECITHIN (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-8182025-1 WHEY PROTEIN POWDER (VIT/MIN/PROTEIN/UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPEC FOR HUMAN/ANIMAL, N.E.C.) Import division DWCI. not in English
- 799-8645675-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno contact informationnutrition labeling
- 799-7838341-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-5766106-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- 799-2416423-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- 799-2495867-1 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 27 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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Spain country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →