United States — Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods
United States received 43 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 16 in 2025-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it; 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from United States
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 45%; not stated 20%; re-dispatched or destroyed 18%; destroyed 11%; held, final fate not recorded 5%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Latvia (23), Slovenia (8), Poland (4), of 44 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, December, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-htp) (1), epimedium unauthorised novel food ingredient (1), ethylene oxide (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 16 |
| 2026-Q1 | 12 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9407 Border rejection of Gummi King Omega-3 food supplement Notified by Ireland.
- 2026.6738 High content of vitamin B6 (20.5 mg per capsule) and unauthorised novel food ingredient 5-HTP in food supplements from the United States. Notified by Slovenia.
- 2026.3480 Exceeding the maximum amounts of vitamins B2, B6, D, biotin and zinc in food supplements Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.2400 Beef bone extract and Beef collagen described as Creatin from United States Notified by Bulgaria.
- 2026.0383 Unauthorized novel food Buchu (Agathosma betulina (P.J.Bergius)) leaf extract, inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0315 Inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.0306 Inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for Food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0290 Unauthorized novel food, inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0238 Inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling for Food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0223 Inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims, inappropriate labelling of food supplements from US Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0208 Unauthorized ingredients Vinpocetine and inappropriate and unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for Food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2026.0204 Inappropriate labelling and incorrect listing of vitamin types and chemical compounds on food supplement labels in the US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0159 Unauthorized health claims, inadequate labelling of product ingredients and insufficient information about vitamins and minerals in food supplements from US. Absence of information on the animal species used for the gelatin capsules. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.0148 Unauthorized Vinpocetine in food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2026.0123 Vitamins are not indicated in the specified units of measurement, inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims for food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10466 Unauthorized health claims, inadequate labelling of product ingredients and insufficient information about vitamins and minerals in food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10345 Unapproved novel food Chrysin, inappropriate and unauthorized health claims on food supplements from United States Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10329 Vitamins and/or minerals are not listed in the required units of measurement and incorrect or unauthorized use of health and nutritional information for food supplements from US Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10315 Vitamins not indicated in the specified units of measurement, inappropriate or unauthorized use of health and nutrition claims and no indication of the origin of gelatin for food supplements from US. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10263 Unauthorized novel food Fucodian extract, inappropriate or unauthorized health and nutrition claims for food supplements from United states Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 379 notifications since 2020 concerned dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods from United States found after entering the EU — 48 alerts, 331 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: other 35%, official control on the market 33%, consumer complaint or illness 15%, monitoring or surveillance sample 10%, company's own check 4%, at the EU border 3%. 31 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41 | 9 | 32 |
| 2021 | 39 | 13 | 26 |
| 2022 | 59 | 7 | 52 |
| 2023 | 48 | 5 | 43 |
| 2024 | 43 | 6 | 37 |
| 2025 | 78 | 3 | 75 |
| 2026 to date | 71 | 5 | 66 |
- 2026.9332 info: attentionYohimbine hydrochloride in food supplement from USA Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.9307 info: attentionStwierdzenie obecności pankreatyny w suplemencie diety, kraj pochodzenia USA/// Detection of pancreatin in a food supplement; country of origin: USA Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.9228 info: follow-upStwierdzenie obecności pankreatyny w suplemencie diety, kraj pochodzenia USA /// Detection of pancreatin in a food supplement; country of origin: USA Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.9059 info: attentionStwierdzenie składnika niedozwolonego Ajuga Turkestanica; turkesterone w suplemencie diety, kraj pochodzenia USA////Detection of the unauthorized ingredient *Ajuga turkestanica* (turkesterone) in a food supplement; country of origin: USA. Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2026.8673 info: attentionNovel food in food suplement from USA Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2026.8659 info: attentionwykryto niedozwolony składnik w suplemencie diety//prohibited ingredient – yohimbine hydrochloride in food suplement USA Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
- 2026.8585 info: follow-upLack of health guarantee in food supplement from the United States /// Falta de garantía sanitaria en complemento alimenticio procedente de Estados Unidos Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2026.8479 alertToo much nicotinic acid in food supplements from USA via the Netherlands Notified by Finland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.8478 info: attentionSuplementy diety pochodzące z USA zawierające niedozwolone składniki – świerzbiec właściwy lub ziele glistnika/// Food supplements from the USA containing prohibited ingredients (Mucuna pruriens or Chelidonium majus L.) Notified by Poland. Other.
- 2026.8100 info: follow-upProdukt zawierający w składzie składnik zakazany - pankreatynę, sprzedawany przez Internet // Product containing pancreatin - sold online Notified by Poland. Other, reached the market.
Data and downloads
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