Turkey — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements
Turkey received 18 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 4 in 2024-Q3, with the trend roughly flat 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 Turkey, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import supplements from Turkey
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 18 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 16 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (16); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- August, June, July, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- unsafe food additive (2).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (9), not in English (7), nutrition labeling (4).
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-0510827-8 L-ARGININE (PROTEIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- EQ6-0032101-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- SCS-1621145-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unsafe food additiveunapproved new drug
- SCS-8933488-8 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. not in English
- 101-3337710-2 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. supplement labelingdietary ingredient labeling
- SCS-1586362-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no contact informationnutrition labeling
- SCS-8032135-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-8645330-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-8031961-3 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-5728182-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unsafe food additive
- 799-2677274-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no manufacturer nameunapproved new drug
- 799-2388578-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. supplement labelingno manufacturer nameno contact informationnutrition labeling
- 799-1569386-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. establishment not listednot in Englishforeign plant not registeredunapproved new drug
- 799-1422022-4 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listednot in Englishunapproved new drug
- SCS-3059791-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-3240751-6 VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-2850115-7 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- SCS-2431472-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. label not conspicuousnot in Englishnutrition labeling
- SCS-7871204-2 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-2545064-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 94 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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Turkey country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →