Shoyuzuke’s Response to FDA Advisory 2025-0803
Shoyuzuke disputes the product identification and the regulatory classification applied in FDA Advisory 2025-0803. Shoyuzuke operates as a restaurant and food-service business, and each customer order is prepared fresh on demand for direct sale, chilled delivery and immediate consumption. Shoyuzuke does not produce its canned products as shelf-stable retail grocery products. They are fresh, chilled and perishable foods intended for immediate consumption.
1. What the advisory says
FDA Advisory No. 2025-0803 is a public health warning published by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration. It describes the product as “SHOYUZUKE Marinated Raw Salmon in 20g Can” and states that the product is not registered, with no Certificate of Product Registration issued for it. On the method of verification the advisory states, in full:
“The FDA verified through its online monitoring or post-marketing surveillance that the above-mentioned food product is not registered and no corresponding Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) has been issued.”
The advisory does not identify a sample, a batch, a physical inspection or a laboratory test. This is an observation about what the published document contains; Shoyuzuke makes no claim about what the FDA did or did not do beyond it.
The advisory remains published on the FDA website: read it in full. It has not been withdrawn. Shoyuzuke does not claim that it has been withdrawn, retracted or corrected, and does not claim that any error has been admitted.
2. The product identification
The advisory describes a 20g can. No 20g Shoyuzuke can has ever existed.
| Source | Container described |
|---|---|
| FDA Advisory No. 2025-0803 | “20g Can” |
| Shoyuzuke’s canned products | 220g can |
Every canned product in Shoyuzuke’s current catalogue is 220g. Shoyuzuke confirms that it has never sold a 20g can. The “20g” marking reproduced in the advisory’s product image refers to protein content, not net product weight.
Shoyuzuke’s position is that the 20g description may have arisen from the online-monitoring process interpreting a protein-content figure as net product weight. Whether an AI or other automated tool was used is not stated in the advisory and is not known to Shoyuzuke.
3. Contact before publication
Based on Shoyuzuke’s available records, before the advisory was published, Shoyuzuke received no email, telephone call, letter or visit from the FDA and no request for a product sample.
4. How Shoyuzuke operates
These are Shoyuzuke’s statements about its own business:
- Shoyuzuke operates as a restaurant and food-service business.
- Each Shoyuzuke customer order is prepared fresh on demand for the customer.
- Shoyuzuke does not produce or hold finished canned products as shelf-stable grocery inventory.
- Shoyuzuke does not prepare advance finished-product inventory for later wholesale distribution.
- Shoyuzuke does not place finished Shoyuzuke cans on third-party retail shelves, with stockists, or on consignment.
- Sales are made directly to customers, including restaurant orders delivered through delivery platforms.
- The canned products should be consumed immediately and handled as fresh, chilled, perishable food.
5. What Shoyuzuke disputes
FDA Advisory No. 2025-0803 applied the FDA product-registration framework to Shoyuzuke. Shoyuzuke disputes its application to restaurant food prepared fresh on demand for direct customer sale, and disputes the product identification set out in section 2.
This page states Shoyuzuke’s position and reaches no conclusion of law. Shoyuzuke does not claim that a court or competent reviewing authority has resolved its jurisdictional objection.
6. Food safety and immediate consumption
Nothing on this page changes the handling requirements for Shoyuzuke products. The canned products contain raw salmon intended for immediate consumption. Each order is prepared fresh on demand, kept chilled for delivery and should be refrigerated immediately upon arrival. Shoyuzuke products are not shelf-stable.
The complete handling and safety guidance is on the Freshness & safety page.
7. Where each statement comes from
This page mixes statements of different kinds. Each is labelled so it can be repeated with the right degree of confidence.
| Source | Statement |
|---|---|
| Verified — the advisory | The advisory states the FDA verified through “online monitoring or post-marketing surveillance”. |
| Verified — the advisory | The advisory describes the product as a “20g Can”. |
| Verified — Shoyuzuke’s catalogue | Every canned product in Shoyuzuke’s current catalogue is 220g. |
| Confirmed by Shoyuzuke | No 20g Shoyuzuke can has ever existed. |
| Confirmed by Shoyuzuke | The “20g” marking refers to protein content, not net product weight. |
| Confirmed by Shoyuzuke | Based on Shoyuzuke’s available records, before publication Shoyuzuke received no email, telephone call, letter or visit from the FDA and no request for a product sample. |
| Observation about the document | The advisory does not identify a sample, a batch, a physical inspection or a laboratory test. |
| Not established | Whether an AI or other automated tool was used in the monitoring is not stated in the advisory and is not known to Shoyuzuke. |
| Shoyuzuke’s position | The 20g description may have arisen from the online-monitoring process interpreting a protein-content figure as net product weight. |
Last updated: 16 August 2026
8. Complete official information
- Freshness & safety — raw-salmon handling, storage and food safety
- How to eat Shoyuzuke — serving, thawing and storage
- Returns, replacements & refunds — the complete policy
- Products — every product, with its size and price