FDA import alert
Import Alert 16-125
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF REFRIGERATED (NOT FROZEN WITH PROPER LABELING) RAW FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS IN REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TOXIN PRODUCTION
15
Red-list entries
111
Green-list entries
6
Countries
2026-05-29
Last change seen
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 15 of 15 entries — search a specific firm on the free checker.
Golden Ocean Fish Ltd.
12/10/2024
Fiji · Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Golden Ocean Fish Ltd.
12/10/2024
Fiji · Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
KOYO FREEZE CO., LTD.
05/28/2025
Japan · Yellowtail, Amberjack, Vacuum or Modified Atmosphere Packaging; Aquaculture Harvested Fishery/Seafood Products, N.E.C.,, Vacuum or Modified Atmosphere Packaging
MIE Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-Operative Associations
04/11/2025
Japan · Yellowtail, Amberjack, Vacuum or Modified Atmosphere Packaging; Aquaculture Harvested Fishery/Seafood Products, N.E.C.,, Vacuum or Modified Atmosphere Packaging
BABORD VAP SP Z O O
06/26/2025
Poland · Salmon, all, Aquaculture Harvested Fishery/Seafood Products, Vacuum or Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Seafood Industrial Group Company Limited
06/24/2024
Thailand · Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
LLC AQUAFROST
01/26/2018
Ukraine · Mussels
An Chau Company Limited
09/23/2025
Vietnam · Mullet; Mackerel (all except Scomberomorus sp, eg Spanish or King see '22')
BACH MAI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PROCESSING ONE MEMBER COMPANY LIMITED
11/21/2024
Vietnam · Cuttlefish, Other Aquatic Species
BASEAFOOD HOCHIMINH BRANCH
10/25/2024
Vietnam · Mackerel (only Scomberomorus spp eg. Spanish or King); Mackerel (all except Scomberomorus sp, eg Spanish or King see '22')
Ho Chi Minh City Branch - Phuc Hau Import Export Trading Company Ltd.
06/27/2025
Vietnam · Scad; Fish, N.E.C.
MF Vietnam Company Limited
11/26/2024
Vietnam · Trout (Rainbow, Brook, Brown, Char, Steelhead, Etc.)
Song Huong Food Processing Co.,
10/17/2025
Vietnam · Bonito; Croaker; Gourmay, gourami
Song Tran Import and Export Co., Ltd
08/14/2025
Vietnam · Bonito; Croaker; Mullet
Trung Vy Phat Limited Company
12/01/2025
Vietnam · Scad
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