23 notifications on bivalve molluscs from Chile since 1 January 2020. That is 27% of all EU notifications on products from Chile and 4% of all notifications on bivalve molluscs from any origin; Chile ranks 7 of 30 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, down 33%.
Most reported: cadmium (10), poor temperature control or heat treatment (4) and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (3). 52% were border rejections (3% for bivalve molluscs from all origins) and 57% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were mussels (20) and clams (3).
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications on bivalve molluscs from Chile
The newest 23 of 23, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Bulgaria: unauthorised irradiation in mussels from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9327, validated 20 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mussels from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4758, validated 29 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: an unauthorised additive and foreign bodies in clams from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6674, validated 1 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: foreign bodies and spoilage or decomposition in clams from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.2017, validated 19 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: foreign bodies in clams from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1652, validated 7 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2024.6625, validated 3 September 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Denmark: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0818, validated 6 February 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mussels from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0554, validated 25 January 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mussels from Chile, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.7191, validated 23 October 2023.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6384, validated 20 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mussels from Chile, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.5680, validated 22 August 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5585, validated 17 August 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: Salmonella in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2546, validated 17 April 2023.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7021, validated 1 December 2022.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: a finding outside our word list in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2022.6161, validated 21 October 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5367, validated 14 September 2022.
- Information for attention notified by France: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3715, validated 24 June 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mussels from Chile, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0340, validated 9 February 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0538, validated 27 January 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mussels from Chile, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.2104, validated 6 May 2021.
- Alert notified by Croatia: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2020.5143, validated 20 November 2020.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for mussels from Chile, risk decision not serious, reference 2020.1978, validated 12 May 2020.
- Information for attention notified by Estonia: cadmium in mussels from Chile, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0875, validated 21 February 2020.
More: all notifications on products from Chile and bivalve molluscs from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 12 | 52% |
| Alert | 4 | 17% |
| Information for follow up | 1 | 4% |
| Information for attention | 6 | 26% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 13 | 57% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 26% |
| Not serious | 2 | 9% |
| Undecided | 2 | 9% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | 10 | 43% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 4 | 17% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 3 | 13% |
| Foreign bodies | 3 | 13% |
| Unauthorised irradiation | 1 | 4% |
| Other finding | 1 | 4% |
| Salmonella | 1 | 4% |
| Spoilage or decomposition | 1 | 4% |
| An unauthorised additive | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Mussels | 20 |
| Clams | 3 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 10 | 43% |
| France | 3 | 13% |
| Italy | 2 | 9% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 9% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
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