China — Fishery/Seafood Products
China received 142 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 25 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, unsafe food additive, and filth. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from China, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import fishery/seafood products from China
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 147 refusals in the last 3 years, 129 were hazard findings and 18 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (66); DNEI — Northeast (41); DSEI — Southeast (26).
- Riskiest months
- January, March, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (45), poisonous or deleterious substance (27), pesticide residue (25), unsafe food additive (25), filth (17).
- Paperwork to get right
- listing refusal (5), label not conspicuous (5), no food-canning registration (5).
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 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026-Q4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 120 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
| Shrimp-Prawn | 18 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
| Salmon | 8 | — | — | filth |
| Squid-Octopus | 1 | — | — | bulking agent added |
"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
- DS8-3035070-0 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- 406-0622738-3 MUSSELS Import division DSEI. HACCP failure
- 082-0476169-9 TILAPIA, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 9EH-0606019-0 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DNEI. ingredients not listedno manufacturer nameno net quantitynot in English+2 more
- 8U2-0002155-2 SARDINES (BRISLING, SPRATS, PILCHARDS, ETC.) Import division DSEI. nutrition labeling
- 8P5-0098268-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- K64-3065737-4 EEL Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- DBD-0010064-2 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- B5Q-0007683-5 OYSTERS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. labeling
- KM6-3678710-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- K09-0099958-0 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residuepesticide residue
- EPM-0193546-5 CROAKER Import division DNBI. veterinary drug residue
- 9EX-2603658-5 MUSSELS Import division DSWI. HACCP failure
- NAV-0013160-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- 8HH-0000458-7 SOLE Import division DSEI. histamine
- 9NK-0034288-9 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- NFT-2078168-7 ABALONE Import division DWCI. inadequate process control
- BED-0060792-2 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DNBI. filth
- BED-0060859-9 SALMON, ALL, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DSEI. filth
- EPM-0191153-2 CROAKER Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 270 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
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China country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →