Bangladesh — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other

Bangladesh received 15 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, no common name, and importer HACCP failure. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Bangladesh, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.

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Key figures

If you import fish-other from Bangladesh

Hazard or paperwork: Of 15 refusals in the last 3 years, 14 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
Where refusals happen: DNEI — Northeast (15).
Riskiest months: March, April, July, by refusals since 2020.
Test for before shipping: Salmonella (14).
Paperwork to get right: no common name (2), importer HACCP failure (1).

FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.

Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters

hazard findings labelling & registration

Show the numbers

Quarter	Refusals	Hazard	Paperwork
2024-Q1	3	3	0
2024-Q2	3	3	0
2024-Q3	0	0	0
2024-Q4	0	0	0
2025-Q1	1	1	0
2025-Q2	0	0	0
2025-Q3	0	0	0
2025-Q4	1	1	0
2026-Q1	2	2	0
2026-Q2	3	3	0
2026-Q3	1	0	1
2026-Q4	1	1	0

Recent refusals

KM6-3685440-8 2026-10-22 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3681267-9 2026-07-20 GOBY Import division DNEI. importer HACCP failureno common name
KM6-3674520-0 2026-06-28 SHAD, ALEWIFE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3667146-3 2026-06-02 PERCH, FRESH WATER (YELLOW, LAKE) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3675168-7 2026-06-01 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3659581-1 2026-02-12 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3665334-7 2026-01-08 AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS, N.E.C., Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3655809-0 2025-10-22 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3638055-2 2025-02-05 SHAD, ALEWIFE Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3617634-9 2024-04-16 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3613141-9 2024-04-04 GOBY Import division DNEI. Salmonellano common name
KM6-3616137-4 2024-04-01 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3616112-7 2024-03-28 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3614360-4 2024-03-15 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3614610-2 2024-01-22 EEL Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3591854-3 2023-03-16 SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
BLW-0646649-0 2023-03-08 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. false or misleading labelmisidentifiedno common name
KM6-3587770-7 2023-02-10 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
EKH-0804387-2 2023-02-07 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella
KM6-3587788-9 2023-01-10 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Salmonella

Data and downloads

Download all 42 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.

The file holds entries up to 2026-10-22. To get new ones for Bangladesh by email, watch Bangladesh.

Bangladesh country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →