FDA import refusal: Implant, Dermal, Collagen for Aesthetic Use (Sweden)
FDA refuses entry of dermal collagen implants from Sweden.
What changed & why it matters
Med Spa Radar recorded an FDA import refusal at the federal level, dated July 31, 2026, in the Aesthetic Injectables category.
An import refusal marks a shipment the FDA stopped at the U.S. border as violative — the gray-market corridor a med spa must never source injectables from. Foreign, unapproved, or misbranded product refused at import is exactly what surfaces when a practice buys outside verified US-licensed 503A/503B or FDA-registered channels.
- Type
- FDA Import Refusal
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Category
- Aesthetic Injectables
- Recorded
- July 31, 2026
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The FDA record
- Firm
- Q-Med AB
- Origin
- Uppsala, Sweden
- Product
- Implant, Dermal, Collagen For Aesthetic Use
- FDA classification
- General and Plastic Surgery Medical Devices
- Refused
- Jul 31, 2026
- FDA district
- Division of Southeast Imports
- Firm FEI
- 3003347293
- FDA shipment ID
- SCS-0349383-8/40002/4
Why FDA refused it
FDA does not publish plain-language definitions for this shipment’s charge codes (a device refusal) — the firm, product, and origin above carry the meaning.
FDA charge codes on this record: 9999973 (no public definition) · 9999974 (no public definition).
Verify at FDA
FDA doesn’t publish a page per refusal. Open the FDA Import Refusals database and search by shipment ID SCS-0349383-8/40002/4 (or firm FEI 3003347293), refused Jul 31, 2026.
FDA Import Refusal · FDA Import Refusals database ↗FDA record · Q-Med AB · Uppsala · plastic-surgery device · refused entry by FDA
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