How many seafood shipments from Guinea did FDA refuse in 2024?

FDA refused 1 shipment line of seafood from Guinea in 2024 through March 26, 2024.

Why does FDA refuse seafood from Guinea?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For seafood from Guinea the most frequent are FILTHY (filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, 1 line), INCONSPICU (required information not conspicuous, 1 line) and LABELING (Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 1 line). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover seafood from Guinea?

As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Guinea firms are Import Alert 16-74 (1 firm) and Import Alert 16-81 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Guinea firms too; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: seafood from Guinea

FDA category: Fishery/Seafood Products · October 2016 to March 26, 2024

FDA refused 2 seafood shipment lines from Guinea between October 2016 and March 26, 2024, 1 of them in 2024; the most refused products were barracuda and croaker, most often for FILTHY (filthy, putrid or decomposed substance).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 26, 2026.

2
seafood lines refused since October 2016: 1
refused so far in 2024: 29%
of all FDA refusals from Guinea: 0
firms with the most records, listed below

Seafood refusals from Guinea by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.

FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2024	1
2016 (from Oct)	1

Barracuda refusals from Guinea

FDA refused 1 barracuda line from Guinea between October 2016 and March 26, 2024, 50% of the seafood lines.

Barracuda product descriptions refused from Guinea
FDA product description	Lines	Share of seafood
Barracuda, hot smoked, fish	1	50.0%

Recent barracuda refusals

Recent Barracuda refusals from Guinea
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Nov 1, 2016	Mariama Cire DialloConakry, Guinea	Barracuda, hot smoked, fish	USUAL NAME LABELING	Source

Croaker refusals from Guinea

FDA refused 1 croaker line from Guinea between October 2016 and March 26, 2024, 50% of the seafood lines.

Croaker product descriptions refused from Guinea
FDA product description	Lines	Share of seafood
Croaker	1	50.0%

Recent croaker refusals

Recent Croaker refusals from Guinea
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Mar 26, 2024	Hadja Hawa KabaConakry, Guinea	Croaker	FILTHY INCONSPICU	Source

Why FDA refused seafood from Guinea

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several.

Most frequent refusal charges for seafood from Guinea
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
FILTHY	Filthy, putrid or decomposed substance	1	25%
INCONSPICU	Required information not conspicuous	1	25%
LABELING	Fair Packaging and Labeling Act	1	25%
USUAL NAME	Common or usual name missing	1	25%

Import alerts for seafood that list Guinea firms

Import alerts for seafood listing firms in Guinea
Alert	Covers	Red	Green
16-74	Uneviscerated salt-cured, dried, smoked or fermented fish	1
16-81	Seafood products: Salmonella	1

Latest seafood refusals from Guinea

Latest FDA seafood refusals from Guinea
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Mar 26, 2024	Hadja Hawa KabaConakry, Guinea	Croaker	FILTHY INCONSPICU	Source
Nov 1, 2016	Mariama Cire DialloConakry, Guinea	Barracuda, hot smoked, fish	USUAL NAME LABELING	Source

Questions about seafood refusals from Guinea

How many seafood shipments from Guinea did FDA refuse in 2024?: FDA refused 1 shipment line of seafood from Guinea in 2024 through March 26, 2024.
Why does FDA refuse seafood from Guinea?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For seafood from Guinea the most frequent are FILTHY (filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, 1 line), INCONSPICU (required information not conspicuous, 1 line) and LABELING (Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 1 line). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover seafood from Guinea?: As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Guinea firms are Import Alert 16-74 (1 firm) and Import Alert 16-81 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Guinea firms too; see the country page.

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