Introduction: The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a report evaluating FDA’s seafood HACCP program. GAO concludes that while FDA has made progress in ensuring the safety of seafood through HACCP, the program needs to be strengthened in order to reach its full objective. This report confirms the findings of a recent internal evaluation by FDA’s own Office of Seafood, released in December 2000. Accordingly, FDA is instituting a Mid-Course Correction to further strengthen its Seafood HACCP program.