Spain — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans
Spain received 22 FDA import refusals in 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 vitamins, minerals, proteins, and unconventional dietary specialties for humans from Spain
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 22 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 19 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (18); 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 (14), nutrition labeling (6), not in English (5).
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplements | 17 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
| Herbals-Botanicals | 5 | — | — | unapproved new drug |
"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
- 1FX-3065020-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labeling
- AEK-0704278-0 ALOE (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. not in English
- 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
- AEK-8125185-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- 9K9-1024657-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingnot in Englishnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- AEK-5914120-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), 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
- M21-0767404-8 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. 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
Data and downloads
Download all 35 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 2026-09-22. To get new ones for Spain by email, watch Spain.
Spain country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →