How many seafood shipments from Turkey did FDA refuse in 2026?

FDA refused 2 shipment lines of seafood from Turkey in 2026 through March 23, 2026.

Why does FDA refuse seafood from Turkey?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For seafood from Turkey the most frequent are MFRHACCP (seafood HACCP requirements not met, 23 lines), FILTHY (filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, 2 lines) and NITROFURAN (nitrofurans, 2 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover seafood from Turkey?

As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Turkey firms are Import Alert 16-39 (1 firm), Import Alert 16-119 (1 firm), Import Alert 16-120 (1 firm) and Import Alert 16-124 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Turkey firms too; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: seafood from Turkey

FDA category: Fishery/Seafood Products · October 2016 to March 23, 2026

FDA refused 28 seafood shipment lines from Turkey between October 2016 and March 23, 2026, 2 of them in 2026; the most refused products were bass and aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, most often for MFRHACCP (seafood HACCP requirements not met).

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

28
seafood lines refused since October 2016: 2
refused so far in 2026: 2%
of all FDA refusals from Turkey: 3
firms with the most records, listed below

Seafood refusals from Turkey by year

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

* 2026 is year to date, through March 23, 2026.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2026 (to date)	2
2023	1	-80%
2022	5	+150%
2021	2
2017	18

Bass refusals from Turkey

FDA refused 14 bass lines from Turkey between October 2016 and March 23, 2026, 50% of the seafood lines.

Bass product descriptions refused from Turkey
FDA product description	Lines	Share of seafood
Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	11	39.3%
Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	3	10.7%

Recent bass refusals

Recent Bass refusals from Turkey
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Apr 15, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source

Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products refusals from Turkey

FDA refused 8 aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products lines from Turkey between October 2016 and March 23, 2026, 29% of the seafood lines.

Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products product descriptions refused from Turkey
FDA product description	Lines	Share of seafood
Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.	8	28.6%

Trout refusals from Turkey

FDA refused 3 trout lines from Turkey between October 2016 and March 23, 2026, 11% of the seafood lines.

Trout product descriptions refused from Turkey
FDA product description	Lines	Share of seafood
Trout, all, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	2	7.1%
Trout (rainbow, brook, brown, char, steelhead, etc.)	1	3.6%

Recent trout refusals

Recent Trout refusals from Turkey
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
May 1, 2023	More Su Urunleri Ticaret A.S.Bornova, Turkey	Trout, all, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	NITROFURAN	Source
Aug 17, 2021	Gumusdoga Su Urunleri Uretim Ihracat ve Ithalat A.S.Milas, Turkey	Trout, all, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	VETDRUGRES NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jan 4, 2021	More Su Urunleri Ticaret A.S.Bornova, Turkey	Trout (rainbow, brook, brown, char, steelhead, etc.)	NITROFURAN	Source

Other seafood products refused from Turkey

Products refused from Turkey in seafood
Product group	Lines	Share
Bream	1	3.6%
Fish	1	3.6%
Sea cucumber	1	3.6%

Why FDA refused seafood from Turkey

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

Most frequent refusal charges for seafood from Turkey
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
MFRHACCP	Seafood HACCP requirements not met	23	79%
FILTHY	Filthy, putrid or decomposed substance	2	7%
NITROFURAN	Nitrofurans	2	7%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	1	3%
VETDRUGRES	Animal drug residue	1	3%

Import alerts for seafood that list Turkey firms

Import alerts for seafood listing firms in Turkey
Alert	Covers	Red
16-39	Ready-to-eat seafood: Listeria monocytogenes	1
16-119	Fish products from importer and processor combinations	1
16-120	Seafood from processors not in compliance with HACCP	1
16-124	Aquaculture seafood: unapproved drugs	1

Turkey seafood firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data, not a ranking of quality.

Turkey seafood firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme Subesi	Milas	16
Kemal Balikcilik Ihracat	Urla	7
More Su Urunleri Ticaret A.S.	Bornova	2

Latest seafood refusals from Turkey

Latest FDA seafood refusals from Turkey
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Mar 23, 2026	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source
Feb 6, 2026	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source
May 1, 2023	More Su Urunleri Ticaret A.S.Bornova, Turkey	Trout, all, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	NITROFURAN	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, salt or brackisk water (stripe bass, white perch, black bass, etc.)	MFRHACCP	Source
Jun 30, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bream	MFRHACCP	Source
Apr 15, 2022	Kemal Balikcilik IhracatUrla, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Aug 17, 2021	Gumusdoga Su Urunleri Uretim Ihracat ve Ithalat A.S.Milas, Turkey	Trout, all, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	VETDRUGRES NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jan 4, 2021	More Su Urunleri Ticaret A.S.Bornova, Turkey	Trout (rainbow, brook, brown, char, steelhead, etc.)	NITROFURAN	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source
Dec 7, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Oct 26, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Oct 26, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Oct 26, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Bass, hybrid striped, aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products	MFRHACCP	Source
Oct 26, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source
Oct 26, 2017	Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat Ithalat Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Paketleme SubesiMilas, Turkey	Aquaculture harvested fishery/seafood products, n.e.c.,	MFRHACCP	Source

Questions about seafood refusals from Turkey

How many seafood shipments from Turkey did FDA refuse in 2026?: FDA refused 2 shipment lines of seafood from Turkey in 2026 through March 23, 2026.
Why does FDA refuse seafood from Turkey?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For seafood from Turkey the most frequent are MFRHACCP (seafood HACCP requirements not met, 23 lines), FILTHY (filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, 2 lines) and NITROFURAN (nitrofurans, 2 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover seafood from Turkey?: As of October 26, 2026, the FDA import alerts for this category that list Turkey firms are Import Alert 16-39 (1 firm), Import Alert 16-119 (1 firm), Import Alert 16-120 (1 firm) and Import Alert 16-124 (1 firm). General food alerts numbered 99-xx can list Turkey firms too; see the country page.

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