United States — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Herbals-Botanicals
United States received 9 FDA import refusals in Herbals-Botanicals, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q3, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are unapproved new drug, unsafe dietary ingredient, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from United States, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import herbals-botanicals from United States
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 1 were hazard findings and 7 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (6); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (1); DSWI — Southwest, the Mexican land border (1).
- Riskiest months
- August, November, May, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (3), nutrition labeling (2), no adequate directions (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-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- BPQ-9502365-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSWI. nutrition labeling
- AEK-7510038-6 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-2356717-0 SENNA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- AEK-8449387-1 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 551-2191400-3 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. filth
- AEK-8411256-2 GARLIC (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. labeling
- 799-3867757-3 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. no adequate directionsnot in English
- 799-0832261-4 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 799-6109926-4 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 9DH-0051965-7 GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DNBI. supplement labelingfalse or misleading labellabelingnutrition labeling+1 more
- SCS-7223008-2 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredientlabeling
- NGB-2022116-2 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DWCI. not in English
- BGK-3848503-4 ASHWAGANDHA (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DNBI. false or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- SCS-3437622-1 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredient
- 788-1803910-5 HERBALS & BOTANICALS (NOT TEAS), N.E.C. Import division DNBI. label not conspicuousfalse or misleading label
- SCS-2769476-1 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredient
- SCS-2545257-6 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, CONTINUED) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredient
- SCS-2387469-8 VALERIAN (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS II) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredientno manufacturer namelabeling
- SCS-2426928-6 KRATOM (HERBAL AND BOTANICAL TEAS II, CONTINUED) Import division DSEI. unsafe dietary ingredient
- SCS-0716571-7 SOAPWORT (YUCCA ROOT, AGAVE), (HERBAL & BOTANICALS, NOT TEAS) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
Data and downloads
Download all 26 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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