FDA import alert

Import Alert 16-137

Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Due to Viral Contamination

6

Red-list entries

0

Green-list entries

4

Countries

2026-07-02

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

CountryEntries
Korea (The Republic Of)2
Mexico2
Philippines1
Vietnam1

Firms on this red list

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  • JBR

    08/20/2024

    Korea (The Republic Of) · Oysters; Meals separated in serving container w/shellfish (clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, etc.); Oysters, Aquaculture Harvested Fishery/Seafood Products

  • KOREOYS

    08/20/2024

    Korea (The Republic Of) · Oysters; Meals separated in serving container w/shellfish (clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, etc.); Oysters, Aquaculture Harvested Fishery/Seafood Products

  • ARTURO MANUEL ROMANDIA TOYOS

    01/11/2019

    Mexico · Crab

  • Congeladora Don Crispin S.A. de C.V.

    01/11/2019

    Mexico · Crab

  • SANTA CRUZ SEAFOODS, INC.

    02/08/2018

    Philippines · Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.); Milkfish; Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, etc.), Cold Smoked, Fish

  • Sustainable Seafood Co., Ltd.

    12/13/2017

    Vietnam · Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)

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