Seafood

Guidance for Industry

Guidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.

• 1991 Letter to Seafood Manufacturers Regarding the Fraudulent Practice of Including Glaze (ice) as Part of the Weight of Frozen Seafood (February 2009)
• Referral Program from the Food and Drug Administration to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood Inspection Program for the Certification of Fish and Fishery Products for Export to the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (January 2009; Revised February 2009)
• Refusal of Inspection or Access to HACCP Records Pertaining to the Safe and Sanitary Processing of Fish and Fishery Products (July 2001)
• Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Control Guide 3rd Edition (June 2001)
  • Updated Information: Letter to Seafood Processors that Purchase Grouper, Amberjack, and Related Predatory Reef Species Captured in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (February 2008)
• Seafood HACCP Transition Policy (December 1999)
• Proposed Referral Program from the Food and Drug Administration to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood Inspection Program for the Certification of Live and Perishable Fish and Fishery Products for Export to the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (November 2004)
• Implementation of Section 403(t) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(t)) Regarding the Use of the Term "Catfish" (December 2002)
• Guidance and Protocol: Certification of Fish and Fishery Products for Export to the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (January 2008)