(B) data collected by these officials is 
shared with the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration and the Food and Drug 
Administration to maximize efficiency and en-
forcement of seafood safety efforts; 
(5) create and maintain a list of all antibiotics 
and other substances allowed to be administered to 
farmed fish in the United States and other countries 
that import farmed fish to the United States, as well 
as unapproved substances that could be used and 
could be hazardous to human health, and develop 
protocols for certification of foreign and domestic 
private laboratories to conduct testing for levels of 
these substances; and 
(6) fully utilize the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration’s seafood inspection activi-
ties to prescreen imported seafood or seafood offered 
for import originating from any country or exporter 
that wishes to have its product certified as safe for 
export to the United States. 
(b) COORDINATION.— 
(1) EXPEDITING
IMPORTATION
OF
SEAFOOD 
FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND EXPORTERS.—The 
Secretary of Commerce shall coordinate with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Fed-
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eral Trade Commission, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and other appropriate Federal agencies to 
develop a process (acting under provisions of law 
other than this paragraph) for expediting the impor-
tation of seafood from foreign countries and export-
ers that consistently adhere to the highest standards 
for seafood safety. 
(2) NATIONAL
SEA
GRANT
COLLEGE
PRO-
GRAM.—The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration shall ensure that 
the Administration’s seafood inspection activities are 
coordinated with the national sea grant college pro-
gram to provide outreach to the States, consumers, 
and the seafood industry on seafood safety. 
(3) 
INSPECTING
TO
PREVENT
SEAFOOD 
FRAUD.—The Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, ensure that inspections 
and tests for seafood safety also collect information 
for seafood fraud prevention. 
(c) REFUSAL OF ADMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (3) 
and (4), all seafood imported or offered for import 
originating from an exporter shall be refused admis-
sion if the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
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or the Secretary of Commerce finds that any ship-
ment of such seafood appears to— 
(A) not meet the controls established 
under the applicable provisions of part 123 of 
title 1, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulation); 
(B) be treated, or have been given feed 
that has been treated, with an antibiotic or 
other substance that has not been approved by 
the Food and Drug Administration for use by 
United States aquaculturists; or 
(C) contain a level of any substance above 
the maximum level deemed safe for consump-
tion by the Food and Drug Administration. 
(2) IMPORT CERTIFICATION.—For any exporter 
whose seafood products must be refused admission 
under paragraph (1) based on a prior shipment, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall de-
termine whether to require, as a condition of grant-
ing admission into the United States to an article of 
seafood originating from such exporter, that such 
seafood be accompanied by a certification or other 
assurance under section 801(q) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(q)). 
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(3) ALLOWANCE OF INDIVIDUAL SHIPMENTS.— 
Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to an in-
dividual shipment of seafood originating from an ex-
porter whose products must otherwise be refused ad-
mission under such paragraph if the exporter pre-
sents evidence to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services or the Secretary of Commerce from 
a laboratory accredited under section 422 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
350k), or other equivalent evidence, documenting 
that the shipment— 
(A) meets the controls established under 
the applicable provisions of part 123 of title 1, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulation); and 
(B) is not described in subparagraph (B) 
or (C) of paragraph (1). 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
INDIVIDUAL
SHIPMENT 
SCREENING
REQUIREMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall 
cease to prohibit the admission of seafood origi-
nating from an exporter based on a prior shipment 
if the Secretary of Health and Human Services or 
the Secretary of Commerce determines that— 
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(A) each prior shipment whose appearance 
triggered the application of such paragraph was 
in fact in compliance with Federal law; or 
(B) during the preceding 12 months, no 
shipment of seafood originating from the ex-
porter has triggered the application of para-
graph (1). 
(d) LIST OF OFFENDERS.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Commerce, shall develop, maintain, and post on the 
public Web site of the Department of Health and Human 
Services a list that— 
(1) includes, by country, each exporter whose 
seafood is imported or offered for import into the 
United States; and 
(2) for each such exporter, tracks the timing, 
type, and frequency of violations of Federal law re-
lating to seafood safety. 
SEC. 3. SEAFOOD IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) LIST
OF STANDARDIZED NAMES
FOR SEA-
FOOD.— 
(1) UPDATE.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
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