Vietnam — Fishery/Seafood Products — Tuna
Vietnam received 24 FDA import refusals in Tuna, part of Fishery/Seafood Products between 2022-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2022-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are filth, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes. No trade baseline is published for this commodity from Vietnam, so no per-$1B rate is shown here.
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Key figures
If you import tuna from Vietnam
- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 15 refusals in the last 3 years, 15 were hazard findings and 0 paperwork alone.
- Where refusals happen
- DWCI — West Coast (9); DNEI — Northeast (4); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- August, December, February, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (9), Salmonella (6), Listeria monocytogenes (2), histamine (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Recent refusals
- 594-0397130-8 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- ACN-6131906-5 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DSWI. filth
- E3T-2400638-5 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- WR1-0249666-3 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- WR1-0249693-7 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- EVJ-1222976-4 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- E4K-0078391-5 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. histamine
- BHQ-0001192-7 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- 799-0581552-9 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DSEI. Salmonella
- BHQ-0000705-7 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. Salmonella
- FV9-2303628-2 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. Listeria monocytogenes
- BHQ-0133819-6 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- 316-7163274-8 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- BHQ-0133713-1 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- EVJ-1200029-8 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filthSalmonella
- AQZ-0562166-2 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DNEI. filth
- EVJ-1192500-8 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- 224-3109793-4 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- 235-1691340-9 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
- 221-6224157-8 TUNA (ALBACORE, YELLOWFIN, BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, ETC.) Import division DWCI. filth
Data and downloads
Download all 38 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 2025-08-20. To get new ones for Vietnam by email, watch Vietnam.
Vietnam country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →