Malaysia — Fishery/Seafood Products — Shrimp-Prawn
Malaysia received 10 FDA import refusals in Shrimp-Prawn, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, unsafe food additive, and HACCP failure. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Malaysia, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import shrimp-prawn from Malaysia
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 10 refusals in the last 3 years, 9 were hazard findings and 1 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (5); DSEI — Southeast (3); DNEI — Northeast (2).
- Riskiest months
- May, September, November, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- veterinary drug residue (8), unsafe food additive (5), nitrofuran (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- 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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- AQZ-0656461-4 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- 1FX-5336023-5 SHRIMP PASTE, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DSEI. HACCP failure
- EJ2-0201582-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 799-9971356-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DNEI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- SCS-7327655-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DSEI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- J34-0103517-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DNEI. veterinary drug residue
- 417-0398317-5 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DSEI. veterinary drug residuenitrofuran
- 8NP-0808192-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- K80-2164430-8 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- K80-2157516-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DWCI. veterinary drug residue
- 799-5283018-0 SHRIMP PASTE, FISHERY PRODUCTS, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. HACCP failure
- 224-3107354-7 SHRIMP AND PRAWNS, AQUACULTURE HARVESTED FISHERY/SEAFOOD PRODUCTS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- EJ2-0153647-4 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- 065-0800761-1 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
- HK1-2101042-3 SHRIMP & PRAWNS Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- 065-1000370-7 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, CAKES, BALLS, ETC. Import division DWCI. unsafe food additiveveterinary drug residue
Data and downloads
Download all 16 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 2026-09-09. To get new ones for Malaysia by email, watch Malaysia.
Malaysia country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →