FDA Seafood Enforcement Lookup
Warning Letters, Import Alerts & Injunctions · 21 C.F.R. Part 123 (Seafood HACCP) · 2023–2025 · Catfish excluded
About This Lookup
What this shows
This page displays FDA enforcement actions against seafood processors, importers, and food manufacturers with seafood product lines from 2023 through 2025. Data is compiled from the FDA Warning Letters database and DOJ press releases. Each record links to the primary source document.
Why there is no establishment number
USDA FSIS assigns establishment numbers (EST. ####) that appear on every federally inspected meat and poultry label. FDA does not operate an equivalent system for seafood. There is no FDA facility number printed on seafood packages. This means consumers cannot look up a seafood product by a label identifier the way they can with FSIS-inspected meat. The lookup here works by company name instead.
Enforcement actions included
- Warning Letter — FDA's primary tool for achieving voluntary compliance. Cites specific violations; requires written corrective action within a defined period.
- DOJ/FDA Permanent Injunction — Federal court order restraining distribution, typically following repeated failed inspections. Requires DOJ filing at FDA's request.
- Import Alert / Public Advisory — Places a foreign or domestic firm on Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE); future shipments are detained at the border without individual review.
Scope and limitations
- Covers FDA-regulated seafood under 21 C.F.R. Part 123 only. Catfish and other Siluriformes are regulated by USDA FSIS and appear in the USDA Processor Lookup.
- This dataset covers 2023–2025 and will be updated periodically. It does not represent all FDA enforcement activity — only actions identifiable through the FDA Warning Letters database and known DOJ seafood actions.
- A company not appearing here has not necessarily been found free of violations. FDA inspection and enforcement records are not comprehensively public.
Source
U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Warning Letters Database
U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Public Affairs press releases
Data compiled March 2026.