All firms around the world that export to the USA vacuum packaged or modified atmosphere packaged raw seafood are automatically subject to Import Alert #16-125, “Detention without Physical Examination of Refrigerated Vacuum Pak or Modified Atmosphere Packaged Raw Fish and Fishery Product” (IA 16-125). Under IA 16-125, FDA automatically detains all shipments from firms that are not on an FDA ‘Green List’. The alert was designed by FDA to prevent fatal botulism poisoning (Clostridium botulinum), which can be a risk associated with raw seafood shipped in packages that prevent the seafood from oxygen exposure (anaerobic conditions). Since September 2009, FDA had only placed 46 foreign firms (from around the world) on the ‘Green List’ for Import Alert #16-125.