Seafood Due to Viral Contamination

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 07/18/2024 updates the name of the alert, reason for alert, guidance section, product description, and charge section. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). In May 2017, the FDA analyzed frozen raw tuna products from a firm and found that they contained hepatitis A virus. Follow up FDA screening found a second firm's raw frozen tuna contained hepatitis A virus. ***In April 2024, an outbreak of norovirus that resulted in 39 cases of illness in two states, was linked to frozen raw oysters on the half-shell. In May 2024, FDA detected norovirus in a sample of frozen �Oysters Rockefeller� a value-added product that consisted of oysters on the half shell with sauce and spinach. This sample was collected as part of the outbreak investigation. Since the explicit intent is that this value-added product will be cooked by th

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