Fishy smell in refrigerator - Maytag MBB1956GES Bottom Freezer Refrigerator

Bacteria will cause the smell. Make sure it is cold and put a box of baking soda open inside the fridge. It will absorb the odors. They sell baking soda with a mesh side specifically for your fridge.

after you have cleaned the refrigerator, place a small bag of open charcoal in the freezer section and refrigerator section until the smell goes away.

Make sure you wash the refrigerator and freezer with a baking soda and water solution.
Then, place a few charcoal briquets in the fridge and freezer areas.
The charcoal will absorb odors. It works wonders.
In one month, you can remove the briquets and scrape the outer layer off to renew the usefulness of the charcoal.

if its onb the back wall in the upper right corner 1/2 turn then pull down

if in the toe kick
1/2 turn then pull straight out

then push lock and light for 5 secs to clear change lite

They freon used is mainly amonia,best thing to use is bleach put in spray bottle mix 70 percent water and 30 percent bleach squirt entire fridge let soak then wipe clean let air out as much as possible!!!! :)

if it has an icemaker attached, this may cause your problem. to get rid of the fishy smell, get a box of baking soda, open it a little, and stick it somewhere in your freezer. this will help to filter the air and make it fresher. Also some vegetables can cause this noxious smell, especially if cooked then frozen or if a box or bag of bad frozen vegetables has been stored in the freezer. Our freezer recently had a problem with the icemaker making it smell musty, like after a rain, wet dirt, and I have yet to find a real solution to this problem other than baking soda.

did you clean out the drain pan underneith the unit?

I had a side by side refrigerator with an Ice maker from Sears. The ice it makes smell fishy so bad that I could not use to drink with anything else but throw away to the plants. So I unscrewed the ice maker . It is not that bad, but quite simple to take it out. I noticed rusted pieces of metal generating strong fishy smell. I could not get rid of rust with soap, detergent, oil so I wrap it in plastic bag then screw it back into the refrigerator. Screwing back the ice maker. Voila. The smell is going away. The ice is good. Pina Colada and Daiquiri here we go .

i have a whirlpool fridgefreezer and their is a very bad smell comming from the back of it what can it be

Can you describe the smell or relate it to something common? Plastic, burned wires, fishy, rotted meat, etc. Is it only when you open the door or can you smell it outside too? Are the temps normal in the freezer and refer sections? When did the smell suddenly get noticed?