FDA import alert

Import Alert 16-121

Detention Without Physical Examination of Cooked Seafood Products Due to E. Coli

3

Red-list entries

0

Green-list entries

3

Countries

2022-10-26

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

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  • Sun Wah Marine Products (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.

    09/16/2009

    Hong Kong SAR · Clams

  • LA KALITA SC DE RL DE CV

    10/26/2022

    Mexico · Crab

  • THANH AN CO., LTD.

    09/16/2009

    Vietnam · Clams

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