Sri Lanka — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Sri Lanka received 5 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q3, with the trend newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, ingredients not listed, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Sri Lanka, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Sri Lanka
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 5 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 5 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (5).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-2187557-9 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9687410-0 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-2044239-7 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9600123-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-0553490-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 96U-0033047-6 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. ingredients not listednutrition labelingunauthorized health claim
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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 2026-10-21. To get new ones for Sri Lanka by email, watch Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →