Malaysia — Fishery/Seafood Products
Malaysia received 42 FDA import refusals in Fishery/Seafood Products between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 11 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are veterinary drug residue, Listeria monocytogenes, and unsafe food additive. 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 fishery/seafood products from Malaysia
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 42 refusals in the last 3 years, 40 were hazard findings and 2 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (21); DWCI — West Coast (17); DSEI — Southeast (3).
- Riskiest months
- June, July, December, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- Listeria monocytogenes (27), veterinary drug residue (9), unsafe food additive (5), filth (2), nitrofuran (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- HACCP failure (2).
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Refusals | 1 refusal per | Per $1B US imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish-Other | 32 | — | — | Listeria monocytogenes |
| Shrimp-Prawn | 10 | — | — | veterinary drug residue |
"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
- AQZ-0656461-4 SHRIMP & PRAWNS, BREADED Import division DWCI. unsafe food additive
- 677-0335971-0 POMPANO (PERMIT, POMPANITO) Import division DSWI. veterinary drug residue
- FY1-4094039-3 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. filth
- 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
- EVJ-1234433-2 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- 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
- U47-2411678-3 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- KM6-3637072-8 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- U47-2407610-2 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- U47-2409836-1 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- U47-2409838-7 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- FY1-4057197-4 FISH, N.E.C. Import division DWCI. HACCP failure
- U47-2408531-9 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DNEI. Listeria monocytogenes
- EVJ-1221611-8 FISH CAKES, BALLS, ETC., N.E.C. Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
Data and downloads
Download all 79 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 →