Vietnam — Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements
Vietnam received 9 FDA import refusals in Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are not in English, nutrition labeling, and unapproved new drug. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Vietnam, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import dietary conventional foods and meal replacements from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 9 refusals in the last 3 years, 0 were hazard findings and 9 paperwork alone — most were avoidable at the desk.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (8); DWCI — West Coast (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- not in English (7), nutrition labeling (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- AEK-2341507-7 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. not in English
- AEK-7654706-4 FOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRIENTS ADDED, WITH OR WITHOUT ARTIFICAL SWEETNERS Import division DSEI. supplement labeling
- EYS-0322851-3 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. unapproved new drug
- AEK-5753723-3 DIETARY CONVENTIONAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-5376097-5 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- SCS-5148599-7 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in Englishnutrition labeling
- SCS-5168998-6 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-5256212-5 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- SCS-5083383-3 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. not in English
- CHQ-1008316-2 MEDICAL FOODS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. ingredients not listedno net quantitylabelingnutrition labeling+5 more
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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 2026-10-22. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →