FDA import refusal: Solution, Sodium Hyaluronate (Paraguay)
Product shipment from Paraguay refused by FDA; heed sourcing warnings.
What changed & why it matters
MedSpaRadar recorded an FDA import refusal at the federal level, dated July 7, 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 7, 2026
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The FDA record
- Firm
- FABIANO DA SILVA MATOS
- Origin
- Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay
- Product
- Solution, Sodium Hyaluronate
- FDA classification
- Gastroenterology and Urology Medical Devices
- Refused
- Jul 7, 2026
- FDA district
- Division of Southeast Imports
- Firm FEI
- 3044987426
- FDA shipment ID
- AEK-0639675-7/30002/1
Why FDA refused it
Misbranding502(o), 801(a)(3); MISBRANDING
It appears the drug or device is not included in a list required by Section 510(j), or a notice or other information respecting it was not provided as required by section 510(j) or 510(k).
Misbranding502(o), 801(a)(3); MISBRANDING
The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to be misbranded as defined in section 502(o) of the FD&C Act. It appears that it was manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed in an establishment not duly registered under section 510 of the Act.
FDA charge codes on this record: 118 (Misbranding) · 3280 (Misbranding). Definitions via the FDA Refusal Charges Reference.
Verify at FDA
FDA doesn’t publish a page per refusal. Open the FDA Import Refusals database and search by shipment ID AEK-0639675-7/30002/1 (or firm FEI 3044987426), refused Jul 7, 2026.
FDA Import Refusal · FDA Import Refusals database ↗FDA record · FABIANO DA SILVA MATOS · Ciudad Del Este · medical device · refused as misbranding
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