Thailand — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
Thailand received 7 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 3 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are no manufacturer name, unapproved new drug, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Thailand, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from Thailand
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 7 refusals in the last 3 years, 4 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (6); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, July, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- poisonous substance (2), new dietary ingredient (1), unsafe dietary ingredient (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unauthorized health claim (2), unapproved new drug (2), supplement labeling (1).
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-2006171-8 BETEL NUT (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-0899871-7 BETEL NUT (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, CONTINUED) Import division DSEI. poisonous substance
- AEK-0568051-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unauthorized health claim
- SCS-8620830-7 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, CONTINUED) Import division DSEI. no adequate directionslabel not conspicuousno manufacturer namenew dietary ingredient+1 more
- SCS-6363754-4 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-0386085-7 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingno contact informationunauthorized health claim
- SCS-2879155-0 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredient
- SCS-2149439-1 HERBALS & BOTANICAL TEAS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- AEK-0327991-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- SCS-1430100-8 BETEL LEAF (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. unsafe food additive
- SCS-9146101-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-6556757-7 KAVA KAVA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. no adequate directionslabel not conspicuous
- SCS-8059039-2 BETEL NUT (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substanceno manufacturer name
- SCS-8098169-0 BETEL LEAF (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- SCS-8159795-8 BETEL LEAF (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namelabelingnutrition labeling
- SCS-8178693-2 BETEL LEAF (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL (NOT TEAS) II (CONTINUED)) Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namelabelingnutrition labeling
Data and downloads
Download all 16 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 2026-09-25. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.
Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →