Brazil — Fishery/Seafood Products
Brazil received 8 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, Salmonella, and nutrition labeling. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Brazil, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fishery/seafood products from Brazil
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 8 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DSEI — Southeast (5); DNEI — Northeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- March, July, January, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (7), Salmonella (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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 8 | — | — | filth |
"1 refusal per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent refusals
- D97-2344434-2 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DSEI. filth
- 826-0250868-9 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- 826-0244458-8 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- 826-0243853-1 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- AQ5-0015405-1 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- 406-0604626-2 MACKEREL (ONLY SCOMBEROMORUS SPP EG. SPANISH OR KING) Import division DSEI. filth
- 8VT-0001649-1 TILAPIA Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 406-0599538-6 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filth
- E41-0102511-9 CROAKER Import division DNEI. filth
- 594-0366146-1 CORVINA Import division DNEI. filth
- 9EX-2304896-3 TILAPIA Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 406-0596164-4 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. filth
- AQZ-0558610-5 SNAPPER (RED, GRAY, MALABAR, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- 594-0358908-4 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- EUX-0132946-5 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. filth
- CDX-0083603-3 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filthnutrition labeling
- CDX-0083593-6 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filth
- 406-0587648-7 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filth
- 594-0354269-5 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- 406-0587645-3 SPINY LOBSTER, ROCK LOBSTER Import division DSEI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 70 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 2026-10-13. To get new ones for Brazil by email, watch Brazil.
Brazil country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →