United States — Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans — Supplements
United States received 43 FDA import refusals in Supplements, part of Vitamins, Minerals, Proteins, and Unconventional Dietary Specialties for Humans between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 11 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling 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 United States, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import supplements from United States
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 45 refusals in the last 3 years, 2 were hazard findings and 43 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (26); DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (17); DNEI — Northeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, August, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (1), new dietary ingredient (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- unapproved new drug (21), nutrition labeling (13), supplement labeling (9).
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 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024-Q3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-9680569-0 L-CYSTEINE (PROTEIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-9704192-3 IRON (MINERAL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 1FX-6962668-7 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- 9DH-0081162-5 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DNBI. false or misleading labelnutrition labeling
- 98F-0121461-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. supplement labelingnutrition labeling
- SCS-5145795-5 MULTIPLE VITAMINS (MVI-12 VITAMIN COMBO) (VITAMIN) Import division DWCI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer namenot in Englishdietary ingredient labeling
- SCS-6168871-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. new dietary ingredient
- 799-3745659-1 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- AEK-9173761-7 MECOBALAMIN (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- SCS-6583010-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. below standard of quality
- 799-0971253-3 CALCIUM (MINERAL) Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7417051-3 VITAMIN, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. no manufacturer namenutrition labeling
- SCS-1850967-4 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. nutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- 300-1823170-5 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. nutrition labelingunapproved new drug
- SCS-9826155-9 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-7155729-0 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-9375461-6 VITAMIN, MINERAL, PROTEINS AND UNCONVENTIONAL DIETARY SPECIALITIES FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, N.E.C. Import division DNBI. ingredients not listedsupplement labelingplant part not declaredunapproved new drug
- AEK-8257683-4 OMEGA-3 (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
- AEK-8300544-5 NICOTINAMIDE (NIACINAMIDE) (VITAMIN) Import division DSEI. establishment not listedunapproved new drug
- AEK-8257491-2 OMEGA-3 (FATS AND LIPID SUBSTANCES) Import division DSEI. not in Englishunapproved new drug
Data and downloads
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