FDA import alert

Import Alert 16-04

Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products That Appear To Be Misbranded

50

Red-list entries

0

Green-list entries

22

Countries

2026-02-13

Last change seen

Official FDA source ↗Data refreshed 2026-07-11 UTC

What being on this list means

Firms on an import alert's Red List are subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE): FDA can detain their shipments at the border automatically, without sampling or inspecting them. The burden shifts to the importer to prove — typically with private laboratory analysis, shipment by shipment — that the goods are not violative. Removal from the list requires evidence that the underlying problem is resolved, usually including a track record of consecutive clean shipments and a petition to FDA. How removal works →

A Green List on a countrywide alert works the other way: it names the firms FDA has excluded from detention because they demonstrated compliance.

Red-list entries by country

Firms on this red list

Showing 30 of 50 entries — search a specific firm on the free checker.

  • Ardapez SA

    08/16/2019

    Argentina · Porgy; Snapper (Red, Gray, Malabar, etc.)

  • MASHUD FISH PROCESSING & ICE COMPLEX, UNIT-2

    08/09/2017

    Bangladesh · Carp; Croaker; Sardines (Brisling, Sprats, Pilchards, Etc.)

  • Seamark (BD) Limited

    10/04/2017

    Bangladesh · Fish, N.E.C.

  • C.K Frozen Foods Yangon Company Limited

    12/13/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Fish, N.E.C.

  • MAY YU MARINE PRODUCTS CO. LTD

    06/12/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Fish, N.E.C.

  • Myint Myat Hein Trading Co., Ltd.

    04/28/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Fish, N.E.C.

  • Shwe Kaba Maung Maung Marine Products Company Ltd.

    05/09/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Carp; Mullet; Perch, Fresh Water (Yellow, Lake)

  • Shwe Myanamar Investment and Commercial Co., Ltd.

    07/13/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Butterfish; Carp; Snake Head

  • YADANAR THEINGI FACTORY PROCESSING PLANT

    07/21/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Snake Head; Barramundi; Fish, N.E.C.

  • Yadanar Theingi Co. Ltd

    07/21/2017

    Burma (Myanmar) · Snake Head; Barramundi; Fish, N.E.C.

  • J.S. Mcmillan Fisheries

    05/28/2013

    Canada · Snapper (Red, Gray, Malabar, etc.)

  • Shanghai Xin Chen Da Industrial Development Co. Ltd.

    12/17/2020

    China · Fish chowder/soup/stew/bisque, Mixed Fishery/Seafood Products

  • Suzhou Shui Tian Tang Food Production Co., Ltd.

    12/17/2020

    China · Fish chowder/soup/stew/bisque, Mixed Fishery/Seafood Products

  • XIA WEI AQUATIC PRODUCT CO., LTD.

    09/18/2009

    China · Cusk

  • POLAR SEAFOODS DK A/S

    01/02/2020

    Denmark · Halibut; Turbot

  • Polar Raajat A/S

    01/02/2020

    Greenland · Halibut; Turbot

  • Polar Raajat A/S - Aasiaat

    01/02/2020

    Greenland · Halibut; Turbot

  • BLUE-FIN FROZEN FOODS

    05/09/2017

    India · Fish, N.E.C.

  • Keshodwala Foods (Unit 2)

    06/16/2016

    India · Fish, N.E.C.

  • Parayil Food Products Pvt. Ltd.

    08/11/2017

    India · Mackerel (only Scomberomorus spp eg. Spanish or King); Snapper (Red, Gray, Malabar, etc.); Kingfish (only Menticirrhus spp)

  • PT Kelola Biru H

    04/26/2023

    Indonesia · Kingfish (only Menticirrhus spp); Mackerel (all except Scomberomorus sp, eg Spanish or King see '22'); Wahoo

  • PT. Alam Jaya

    06/12/2023

    Indonesia · Snapper (Red, Gray, Malabar, etc.)

  • Koyo Trading Ltd.

    09/18/2009

    Japan · Groupers; Puffer

  • NAKAYAMA SHOTEN

    09/18/2009

    Japan · Groupers; Puffer

  • SASAKI FOOD

    11/21/2025

    Japan · Scad; Mackerel (all except Scomberomorus sp, eg Spanish or King see '22')

  • SASAKI FOODS CO.,LTD

    11/21/2025

    Japan · Scad; Mackerel (all except Scomberomorus sp, eg Spanish or King see '22')

  • Supersea Fish Centre Sdn. Bhd.

    09/18/2009

    Malaysia · Groupers

  • JORGE AVEL SAUCEDA GARCIA

    08/15/2013

    Mexico · Other Aquatic Animals, N.E.C.

  • Rodrigo C Aguirre

    07/21/2015

    Mexico · Corvina

  • Moana Pacific Fisheries

    05/30/2013

    New Zealand · Snapper (Red, Gray, Malabar, etc.)

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