70 notifications on fish and fish products from China since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from China and 4% of all notifications on fish and fish products from any origin; China ranks 7 of 89 origins for this category. 14 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 8 in the 365 days before, up 75%.
Most reported: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents (11), poor temperature control or heat treatment (11) and Anisakis and other parasites (9). 51% were border rejections (26% for fish and fish products from all origins) and 23% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were fish (11), fish fillets (10) and salmon (10).
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 fish and fish products from China
The newest 25 of 70, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: Anisakis and other parasites and insects or pest damage in salmon from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9560, validated 27 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9320, validated 20 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8502, validated 24 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for tuna from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7965, validated 9 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Listeria monocytogenes in fish from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6753, validated 29 July 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovenia: veterinary medicine residues in fish fillets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6501, validated 22 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for fish from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.5625, validated 25 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: labelling faults for surimi from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5371, validated 18 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: a finding outside our word list in surimi from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4678, validated 28 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Norway: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for salmon from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2544, validated 25 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for fish from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2078, validated 12 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: Anisakis and other parasites in mackerel from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0990, validated 5 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish fillets from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10216, validated 18 December 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: histamine in fish fillets from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9665, validated 3 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: foreign bodies in fish from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7388, validated 26 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: histamine in tuna from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6472, validated 25 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: Anisakis and other parasites in mackerel from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.4057, validated 30 May 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: a finding outside our word list in monkfish from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.1959, validated 27 March 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: histamine in mackerel from China, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1537, validated 4 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: labelling faults for fish from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.1070, validated 14 February 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for mackerel from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.0934, validated 10 February 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: undeclared molluscs in monkfish from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9620, validated 30 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for hake from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7748, validated 22 October 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: arsenic in cod from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7310, validated 3 October 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for fish from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.6517, validated 29 August 2024.
More: all notifications on products from China and fish and fish products from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 12 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 36 | 51% |
| Alert | 9 | 13% |
| Information for follow up | 11 | 16% |
| Information for attention | 14 | 20% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 16 | 23% |
| Potentially serious | 3 | 4% |
| Potential risk | 11 | 16% |
| Not serious | 28 | 40% |
| Undecided | 10 | 14% |
| No risk | 2 | 3% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 11 | 16% |
| Poor temperature control or heat treatment | 11 | 16% |
| Anisakis and other parasites | 9 | 13% |
| Histamine | 6 | 9% |
| Labelling faults | 4 | 6% |
| Other finding | 4 | 6% |
| Veterinary medicine residues | 4 | 6% |
| Illegal import or unapproved establishment | 3 | 4% |
| An unauthorised additive | 3 | 4% |
| A substance not authorised in the EU | 3 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Fish | 11 |
| Fish fillets | 10 |
| Salmon | 10 |
| Mackerel | 9 |
| Cod | 6 |
| Tuna | 5 |
| Surimi | 4 |
| Hake | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 18 | 26% |
| Poland | 11 | 16% |
| Germany | 10 | 14% |
| Italy | 8 | 11% |
| France | 5 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 6% |
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