Canada — Fishery/Seafood Products — Fish-Other
Canada received 12 FDA import refusals in Fish-Other, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, insanitary conditions, and poisonous or deleterious substance. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Canada, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
Key figures
If you import fish-other from Canada
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 11 refusals in the last 3 years, 11 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNBI — North Border, the Canadian land border (10); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- December, January, April, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- bulking agent added (3), insanitary conditions (2), insanitary handling (2), Salmonella (2), Listeria monocytogenes (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- no net quantity (3), nutrition labeling (2), label not conspicuous (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.
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Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 300-2055511-7 CRAB Import division DNBI. Listeria monocytogenesno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 113-4029006-1 CRAB Import division DNBI. label not conspicuousbulking agent addedno net quantity
- 256-0421393-1 HERRING, COLD SMOKED, FISH Import division DSEI. insanitary plant
- 551-2340983-8 CRAB Import division DNBI. bulking agent added
- 551-4073618-9 CRAB Import division DNBI. bulking agent added
- 551-2282433-4 HERRING, COLD SMOKED, FISH Import division DNBI. insanitary conditions
- SCS-7933060-5 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. insanitary handling
- MK8-5968239-7 OYSTERS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNBI. insanitary handling
- F57-7340898-8 SMELT Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- EI5-5512898-9 SMELT Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- KX2-0085386-2 CLAMS Import division DNBI. insanitary conditionsno net quantitynutrition labeling
- 551-0881591-8 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- DE6-4086833-2 CLAMS Import division DNBI. insanitary conditions
- 551-0933170-9 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. insanitary conditions
- 551-0887330-5 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- 551-0881232-9 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 551-0851015-4 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. Salmonella
- 551-0881460-6 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 551-0881389-7 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substance
- 551-0881351-7 OYSTERS Import division DNBI. poisonous or deleterious substance
Data and downloads
Download all 33 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 2026-06-08. To get new ones for Canada by email, watch Canada.
Canada country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →